Not for Everyday Use

The author explores her mother’s marriage—and fourteen pregnancies—in this “powerful memoir” (Ebony).
 
One of Oprah.com’s Best Memoirs of the Year
Winner of the 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction
 
Tracing the four days between the moment she gets the dreaded call and the burial of her mother, Elizabeth Nunez tells of her lifelong struggle to cope with her parents’ ambitions for their c...