Mama Dearest [Paperback]

Diva 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 acclaimedNew York Timesbestseller from E. Lynn Harris.

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 Yanceyreallywants 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.

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.E. Lynn Harris, a #1 national andNew York Timesbestselling author, wrote twelve acclaimed novels includingBasketball Jones, Just Too Good to Be True, andI Say a Little Prayer. There are more than four million copies of his novels in print. He died in 2009 at the age of 54.

Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerousNew York Timesbestsellers, includingConfessions of a Video Vixen,On the Down Low, andWendy’s Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.Mama Dearest

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As I savor the first sip of my second glass of wine, my eyes move to the television and I say to myself, “Yancey, that&lƒ!