Patricia A Crews

The Taming of Mama Patricia A Crews

For Frances Lee, a mother of 11, her ideas about childrearing were based on generations of old-school miseducated beliefs. These beliefs taught her that the unintentional child abuse she practiced was unapologetically acceptable. They siphoned away her soft whispers and gave her a coat of wildness that seeped through her eyes. They calloused her hands and strengthened the lashing ability of her tongue, belt, electrical ironing cord, and switch. They left her cubs with legacy wounds too deep to cover with a band-aid. This riveting true story, with all its human emotions and pain split wide open, could be yours