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toofondofbooks_'s review
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5.0
In their second memoir, George M. Johnson delivers a love letter to their beloved grandmother and matriarch of the Johnson/Elder family, "Nanny." The book is also full of stories about Johnson and their cousins' lives as children told with the help of "Nannyisms." It is a beautiful tribute to their grandmother and to the experience of growing up as a black boy. At this point, having read and loved both of Johnson's books, I feel like I knew Nanny - this force of nature who would do anything to take care of and protect her own. I absolutely bawled my eyes out during the chapter where they discuss Thanksgiving without Nanny. This was overall such a beautiful memoir and I so look forward to reading more from George M. Johnson
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Cancer, Violence, Slavery, Racism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, and Child abuse
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