04606cam a2200385 4500 233463998 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780743590211 074359021X ad54543e-cdf1-4c6c-91e0-e79e038985eb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 143889 OverDrive (Product ID) 143889 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Haley, Alex. Mama Flora's Family [Libby] : A Novel. Simon & Schuster Audio, 1998. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 160MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 160MB. Fiction. Literature. Debbi Morgan's smoky voice and versatility do full justice to this engrossing story of a family and the woman who had the strength to overcome poverty, racism and tragedy to give her children the ability to persevere. Flora moves to a Tennessee town after bearing a child of rape and having the child taken away from her. The murder of her sharecropping husband doesn't break her as she struggles to raise her son and adopted daughter. Her will helps her children to have dreams for their future--although they aren't always Flora's. As Morgan effortlessly switches from character to character, accomplishing difficult dialects and the range of human emotion, the story sweeps the listener along in this saga of American survival. Her rendition of Flora's preacher is priceless: One can see the swaying figure and the sheen of sweat on the forehead during the fiery sermon. We hear Flora's aging in her voice: always determined and strong, but acquiring the patina of age as her story progresses. Both major and minor characters are clearly established vocally. This is a riveting performance that introduces characters the listener will not soon forget. M.A.M. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:In the tradition of Roots and Queen, Mama Flora's Family is a sweeping epic of contemporary American history, culled from the unpublished works of award-winning writer Alex Haley. It is the poignant story of three generations of an African-American family who start out as destitute sharecroppers in Tennessee. Mama Flora is the heart and strength of the family, shepherding her children through hard times after the murder of her husband by white land holders. She has passionate ambitions for her son Willie, but he dashes her dreams by abandoning his church-going roots and moving to Chicago. After fighting in the Second World War, he marries his childhood sweetheart and struggles to build a new urban life for his family. Flora's dreams are realized by Ruthana, her sister's child, whom Mama Flora adopts. Ruthana graduates from college, and as a social worker in Harlem, counsels underprivileged women. Through her love for the radical poet Ben, Ruthana begins to understand her heritage, and after a sojourn in Africa comes to a redemptive understanding of herself. In Chicago, Willie's twin son and daughter embrace Muslim militancy and Black Power, and eventually, drugs on their rocky road through the 1960s. Mama Flora struggles to maintain her family, but she also is caught up in the turbulent times. Mama Flora's Family is an American tale as dramatic and touching as anything Alex Haley ever wrote.. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. Stevens, David, 1940- Morgan, Debbi. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=ad54543e-cdf1-4c6c-91e0-e79e038985eb http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0439-1/143889-MamaFlorasFamily.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/143889-MamaFlorasFamily.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AD54543E-CDF1-4C6C-91E0-E79E038985EB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0439-1/143889-MamaFlorasFamily.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/143889-MamaFlorasFamily.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AD54543E-CDF1-4C6C-91E0-E79E038985EB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)