Maame: A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick

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Great story about a woman finding her way through life after her father dies. The mother was no help, in fact she was real piece of work. A wonderful story that touches on racism, death, family and growing into your own life.

this grew on me slowly, together with the character's progression

This was an entertaining book. 3.5 stars rounded down. I was interested in the main character's complicated journey with her mother, father, friends, and relationships. The reader gets a peak into the main characters google patterns, a clever method of providing the reader with insight into her private thoughts. I think that this was a little too 'young' for me. I found myself irritated with the characters naïveté and lacking basic life skills to navigate through the world. Too sheltered and it was tough watching her be taken advantage of.

This is a great story of friendship. Maddie has two true blue friends, Nia and Shu. She is dealing with a lot- her father's Parkinson's disease and her caretaker role, and the brother and mother who are offering no help at all. After her father's death, she tries entering the dating scene and faces love and heartache. She can now move out of her father's house and moves in with two other women who were looking for a roommate. Her mother returns from Ghana and is still manipulating Maddie, called Maame by her mother, for money and help with funeral expenses. You see a lot of personal growth in Maddie and you can admire her for the woman she becomes.