Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Walking In My Joy


 Shirley J.        Adult Biography          Jenifer Lewis' life growing up in Kinloch, MO and take on everything from COVID, to Donald Trump the orange president, Kathy Griffin's near suicide, etc.

Jenifer Lewis tells it like it is and then some.  She backs up from no one and nothing.  She talks straight about her love life, her family, her career, her politics and anything else that comes to mind.  She is a joy and a firecracker!  Don't think this is going to be a nicey nice politically correct gentle story, this is about Jenifer Lewis!  Quiet is not a word to describe her until the day her great nephews flushed a sock down her toilet in the Kinloch Room or was it the Egypt room?   I know she forbade them from ever going into the Africa Room after that.  The lady is generous to a tee taking care of family and friends and seldom letting the opposite sex do a number on her, but, oh, that sorry so and so who did!   Her mother taught her to scrap and she pulls no punches.  A delightful read about a strong black woman that takes no mess, delivers genuine sincerity and can play the part of any one like no other actor out there.   She not only writes books, she writes and sings songs, poetry, you name it.  She is a loyal and fierce friend, Auntie to all, and as sensual at 64 as she was at 24.   She leaves no stone unturned, no mysteries, and in no uncertain terms she tells you her say and you can like it or leave it.   She is a pro at cursing so if you are sensitive to it, reader, fasten your seat belt!  I loved this book.  I can't wait to read her other one and any future tomes she chooses to share with us.   Themes, language, sexual explicitness say I should recommend this one for adults, but, I hate to deny anyone this read, she is a force of nature!  ; D

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