Mama Dearest

E. Lynn Harris

Sep 2009 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

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 acclaimed New York Times bestseller 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 Yancey really wants 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.

Ratings and reviews

I can't believe that this was the best way to end Yancey's story. While I am happy for the outcome, the journey was lacking the emotion that I had come accustomed to with E. Lynn Harris' work. I enjoyed the fact that the story did not rely on the gay themes he had become famous for. He proved to be more just a gay writer, he was a writer, who's characters came alive for you, no matter their gender orientation.

Im reading this now almost done and i have to say all of E Lynn Harris books i readed so far was just breathe taken so good and make you wanna tell yourself why did God take such a wonderful author but we all will eventually be call home and it was Harris time to go but dont shed tears because he home alway from harm and he left us his life changing books behind. R.I.P E Lynn Harris

Love all his books, wish he was still here writing more books.

About the author

E. Lynn Harris, a #1 national and New York Times bestselling author, wrote twelve acclaimed novels including Basketball Jones, Just Too Good to Be True, and I 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 numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy’s Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.