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The Many Lives of Mama Love (Oprah's Book Club): A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing (Oprahs Book Club 2.0)
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"Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won't want to stop." --Oprah Winfrey OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir. No one expects the police to knock on the door of the million-dollar two-story home of the perfect cul-de-sac housewife. But soccer mom Lara Love Hardin has been hiding a shady secret: she is funding her heroin addiction by stealing her neighbors' credit cards. Lara is convicted of thirty-two felonies and becomes inmate S32179. She finds that jail is a class system with a power structure that is somewhere between an adolescent sleepover party and Lord of the Flies. Furniture is made from tampon boxes, and Snickers bars are currency. But Lara quickly learns the rules and brings love and healing to her fellow inmates as she climbs the social ladder and acquires the nickname "Mama Love," showing that jailhouse politics aren't that different from the PTA meetings she used to attend. When she's released, she reinvents herself as a ghostwriter. Now, she's legally co-opting other people's identities and getting to meet Oprah, meditate with the Dalai Lama, and have dinner with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But the shadow of her past follows her. Shame is a poison worse than heroin--there is no way to detox. Lara must learn how to forgive herself and others, navigate life as a felon on probation, and prove to herself that she is more good than bad, among other essential lessons. The Many Lives of Mama Love is a heartbreaking and tender journey from shame to redemption, despite a system that makes it almost impossible for us to move beyond the worst thing we have ever done.Show more
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This book is a page turner! Lara's story is heartbreaking and inspiring all at the same time. A true testament to the power of prayer, the universe/God and the human spirit. Highly recommend this book.
I loved this book! Mama Love goes all in for whatever she sets her mind on. You can feel her strong desire to help others out by her willingness to share her story. Her words provide a warm hug and reassurance that no matter what hole you have gotten yourself into, YOU can pull yourself out of it.
You know I love me a good memoir, but a memoir about someone who hit rock bottom and completely turned her life around? Even better. A truly inspiring story of how one woman went from a drug addict and felon to ghost writing NY Times best sellers and to eventually publishing her own memoir. Also another eye opening story showing how the criminal Justice system can be flawed at times but through perseverance this woman truly prevailed and came out...read more
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