chambers, veronica

Memoir of the author's life growing up as an overachiever in an underpriviledged family, chronicling the blessed relationship she forged with her mother after her father deserted the family.

Memoir of the author's life growing up as an overachiever in an underpriviledged family, chronicling the blessed relationship she forged with her mother after her father deserted the family.

The author describes many aspects of jump rope including the role that jump rope played in her own life as a girl in East Harlem in the 1950s.