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100 1  Hill-Wagner, Mary,|eauthor. 
245 10 Girlz 'n the Hood :|bA Memoir of Mama in South Central Los
       Angeles /|cDr. Mary Hill-Wagner. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bRegal House 
       Publishing,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    1 online resource (207 pages) 
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520    "Girlz 'n the Hood is the unsentimental, moving, and 
       surprisingly humorous account of a girl and her ten 
       siblings who grew up in one of the roughest neighborhoods 
       in Los Angeles. Mary's mother was a fierce matriarch, a 
       single mom who raised eleven children with the help of 
       welfare checks and a fire arm hidden in her bra. Drugs, 
       guns, and pregnancies were everyday occurrences, but Mary 
       and her siblings took it all in stride, spying on the 
       grown-ups, playing in the streets, and helping to take 
       care of the new babies when they were born. The dubious 
       yet colorful cast of characters that came into their lives
       (the Jehovah Witnesses, the whores, the addicts, the 
       fathers), and the never-ending series of hardships (the 
       jail terms, the knife fights, the mental illness, and 
       homicides), couldn't shake the core of the family. This is
       the story of Mary, but even more so, it's the story of her
       mother, a uniquely strong and extraordinary woman who was 
       able to survive moments of pain and disappointment by 
       laughing at the comedy of human missteps, miscalculations,
       and downright stupidity. This is also a story about race 
       and of poverty and how, over time, it can wear you down."-
       -|cProvided by Freading. 
588 0  Publisher metadata. 
650  0 Inner cities|zCalifornia|zLos Angeles. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / 
       African American & Black.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Los Angeles (Calif.)|xSocial conditions. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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