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Oct 2, 2018 · Take one rural Mississippi town. Mix with a bigoted, wealthy, gun-toting, skirt-chasing, controlling father. Add in a stubborn, alcoholic, drug addicted mother. Blend with a warm effusive black housekeeper who is like a "second mamma". Fold in a gay lonely child with her three older beauty pageant sisters and you get Southern Discomfort.
Tena Clark's childhood in rural Mississippi was marked by racial injustice, family turmoil, and her black nanny Virgie's love and support. Southern Discomfort is a moving and riveting story of coming of age in the Civil Rights era.
Southern Discomfort by Tena Clark - “Southern Discomfort is a raw, thought-provoking examination of privilege, racism, sexism, the masks we wear to conform t...
Sep 10, 2019 · In her memoir that is a “story of love and fury” (Jackson Clarion-Ledger), Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Tena Clark recounts her chaotic childhood in a time fraught with racial and social tension.
Oct 23, 2018 · Southern Discomfort: A Memoir. Tena Clark. 4.16. 45 ratings5 reviews. ‘Where I grew up, girls like me knew our place ... we understood that stepping off the prescribed path in any way meant risking it all, and probably losing.’. On the outside, Tena Clark’s childhood in rural Mississippi in the 1960s looked like a fairytale.
Advance Praise for Southern Discomfort. “Tena Clark is a pioneering force of nature, and her story is as powerful, riveting, and inspiring as she is. Do yourself a favor. Get comfortable and start reading.” —Maria Shriver.
Oct 23, 2018 · It was Virgie's acceptance and unconditional love that gave Tena the courage to stand up to her domineering father, the faith to believe in her mother's love, and the strength to challenge the bigotry that defined her world and be her true self. PRAISE FOR SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT
