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Cold sweat, my father James Brown and me, Yamma Brown with Robin Gaby Fisher

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Cold sweat

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Yamma Brown with Robin Gaby Fisher

my father James Brown and me

"Being the child of a global superstar is never easy, but being the daughter of the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business"--that's a category unto itself. Like every little girl, Yamma Brown wanted her father's attention, but fame, drugs, jail, and the complicated women in James Brown's life set the stage for an uncommon childhood. She got caught in the same trap as her mother, doing things in her adult life and troubled marriage that, as a child, she'd promised herself she'd never do. The struggles she went through, both as a child and as an adult, make for a gripping read and, in the end, a profound examination of the nature of celebrity, violence, and survival. Though packed with celebrity appearances ranging from Michael Jackson to Al Sharpton, Cold Sweat ultimately focuses on an everyday issue faced by millions of women--domestic violence--and in this book Yamma faces it in an honest and powerfully moving way"--, Provided by publisher

Your father's dead -- Three funerals and Michael Jackson -- Walton way -- An ordinary life -- Dad's beating mom again -- Leaving dad -- A new life -- Adrienne -- Crazy love -- Home from jail -- Denzel -- Adrienne's dead -- A doctor in the house -- Committing dad -- Prince charming -- Meet Tomi Rae -- A baby and a wedding -- Texas -- All in the family -- Broke -- Trouble in paradise -- Back to Atlanta -- A family divided -- Contesting the will -- No place for dad -- The end of the marriage -- Protecting dad's will -- A shooting -- A suspect -- Cold case -- Blessed

My father James Brown and me