First published 2009
Yancey Harrington Braxton commands Broadway stages and recording studios with equal force. Her career has reached its peak when her daughter appears without warning. Yancey had buried this part of her past so deeply she never expected it to surface. The young woman wants to enter show business herself. She dreams of following the same path that brought her mother fame and fortune. Yancey must confront the secrets she has guarded for years. The reunion forces both women to examine what they sacrificed and what they hope to gain. Their relationship becomes a delicate negotiation between past wounds and future possibilities. Harris explores how family ties persist even when they seem severed completely. The story examines the price of ambition and the weight of maternal bonds.
Genres: fiction, drama, family, african-american, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, reunion
400 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing