The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

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A singular memoir highlighting "the outstanding humanity of black America" that tells the story of one unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and the life they lead in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s (James McBride)

In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee borrowed $100 from her brother to run a Numbers racket out of her home. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis' mother.

Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, granddaughter of slaves, Fannie ran her numbers business for 34 years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts."

A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" to provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time.
Country USA
Brand Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer Little, Brown and Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber part_0316558737
ReleaseDate 2019-01-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780316558730

Country	USA
Brand	Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer	Little, Brown and Company
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	part_0316558737
ReleaseDate	2019-01-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780316558730

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

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