Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me: Universal Values from Extraordinary Times

by Andrea Young

The daughter of former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young discusses growing up in a middleclass black Southern family and the role of her mother in shaping her life. 35,000 first printing.

Genres: Nonfiction

255 pages, Hardcover

First published January 24, 2000

Reviews

[M Holley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very rich, would read again.

[Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sweetly instructive book in which the author details how her mom raised her well. There are interesting insights on what it was like growing up with privilege and power, as the author’s father held positions as the US Ambassador to the UN and as the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, but more importantly what it was like being discriminated against because of skin color. The author’s parents and grandparents were actively involved in the long struggle for civil rights in the South and many of the books chapters detail this. This book is put forth as a sort of parenting guide, but has value as a memoir as well.