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Fales-Hill writes about her late mother's life- Josephine Premice, and african american actress, singer,and dancer. Premice sacified her career when she married and had a family. She attempted to re-start her career after her children were grown. Her daughter was hired as a writer for the Crosby Show and later "A Different World." She describes how hard it was to get executives to want to have a show depiciting a successful African American loving supprotive family on network television. Fales was able to create an episode with her mother depiciting a jazz singer, and later wrote parts for her "aunt" Diane Carrol as Whintley Giblert's mother on "A Different World." Fales Hill discussed her childhood and the strong influence her mother had in her life, and how fortunate she was that her mother showed her the "world was her oyster -- get up and live."
