{"product_id":"mama-dearest-9781439158913","title":"Mama Dearest","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiva supreme Yancey Harrington Braxton is working her way back to Broadway and beyond--and stirring up drama in and out of the spotlight--in the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from E. Lynn Harris.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After being out on tour, the ambitious singer and actress is fired up to move past her recent setbacks--including an explosive romance with NFL tight end John Basil Henderson--and prove her talents are stronger than ever. What Yancey \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ewants is to star in her own reality TV series, and she's even found a rich and well-connected lover to make it happen. There are, however, two women fierce enough to derail Yancey's comeback dreams: Madison B., a hot new bombshell taking the music industry by storm, and Ava Middlebrooks, who happens to be Yancey's own mama dearest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Not even a stint in prison for attempted murder has curbed Ava's competitive nature. Now she will bring down her #1 rival--her own daughter--by using Madison B. to turn Yancey's world upside-down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE. Lynn Harris, a #1 national and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author, wrote twelve acclaimed novels including \u003ci\u003eBasketball Jones, Just Too Good to Be True\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Say a Little Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e. There are more than four million copies of his novels in print. He died in 2009 at the age of 54. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, including \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Video Vixen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e On the Down Low\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWendy's Got the Heat\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also an assistant professor in the Film \u0026amp; Media Department at Hunter College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books\/Karen Hunter Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478432289042,"sku":"9781439158913","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1688562-bcf1-4de9-a571-e96ac1ebfa58.jpg?v=1730300942","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mama-dearest-9781439158913","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}