Ma Speaks Up : And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back (Hardcover)

from bbofje

I received a copy of Marianne Leone's "Ma Speaks Up" through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. I found it to be interesting, funny, sad and heart-felt. After a couple of the references to growing up Catholic, I actually asked a Catholic friend about the authenticity. I was told yes indeed...

from jrquilter

Part autobiography, part memoir of her mother, Marianne Leone relives her own youth, her attendance in Catholic school, her rebellious young adult years, and her love/hate relationship with her mother. Her mother fled an arranged marriage in Italy to come to the U.S.A. by herself at the age of ei...

from erinclark

A very funny, loving and touching memoir of an old school Italian mother and her independent American born daughter and their tumultuous relationship. Marianne describes her 'Ma' to a T and shares with us some very interesting tales about how it was growing up with such a strong female lead in he...

from chrisac

"Ma Speaks Up" is a great memoir of the Italian-American experience by actress/writer Marianne Leone. It's the story of her Italian born immigrant mother, who was, quite simply, a "character". This book is hilarious, embarrassing, and heartbreaking all at once, as Marianne shares the stories of h...

from Jonri

I received this book through Library Thing's Early Reviewers program. There is no doubt that Ms. Leone can write. However, the subject matter is the problem here. First, I'll admit that part of my problem with the book is Ms. Leone's anti-Catholicism. Hey, I'm Catholic and I'm angry about a lot o...