Momma Gone by Nina Foxx

I really enjoyed this story. The author writes that it's a mixture of memoir and fiction. Monica and Little Man are brother and sister. Their mother had many problems. She soon dies leaving the children with their father. The father cares a great deal about his kids. However, it's not hard to figure out for a man to figure out the right way to raise two children is not easy. Momma: Gone by Nina Foxx is about striving to survive after a mother and wife have passed away.

It's not long before the father finds the person he thinks would make the perfect babysitter. However, living with this woman, her daughter and son is a disaster. I felt really sorry for the kids. They didn't have the voice to tell their father how they felt. It's not long before he sends them down South to their real grandmother. She is what all of us want in a grandmother. They're first morning there she cooks them bacon, grits and eggs. She loves her grandchildren deeply, and it's hard for the children to want to leave and go back home.

At the babysitter's, Monica will experience an abuse perpetrated by the son, Everett. His mother blames Monica for the incident. Little Man comes back from down South wanting everyone to call him Ken or Kenneth. He's grown up too. Before he left for Alabama, he would wet the bed. I think this was because
he missed his mother. He also was traumatized by the bad treatment in the babysitter's house. He tries his wings by running away.

As if the children don't have enough problems, their father has a girlfriend. All of a sudden she's a part of their life with little introduction. I really could feel the pain of the father and the children. It's not easy to remake a family after one parent passes away. Nina Foxx has written fifteen books. This makes me happy. I already have the next one picked out that I want to read.http://aalbc.com/authors/ninafoxx.htm