As the Done Growed Up Blog Tour comes to a close I want to take a moment and recap the tour and highlight what reviewers have said about Mary Morony's newest novel.
If you missed any of the tour stops visit the Done Growed Up Tour Page for a complete list of participating blogs.
If you missed any of the tour stops visit the Done Growed Up Tour Page for a complete list of participating blogs.
About the Book
Title: Done Growed Up | Author: Mary Morony | Genre: Literary Fiction | Number of Pages: 266 Publication Date: June 8, 2016
Book Description: When we last left the Mackey Family in the late 1950s, their lives were in turmoil. Divorce, alcoholism, racism, death, puberty - what WEREN'T they dealing with? Ethel, a black maid in a racist world - the true heart and soul of the Mackey Family, is the children’s only constant as she fights her own numerous demons. Twelve-year-old Sallee struggles to understand the world with little enlightenment from the adults around her. Her older sister Stuart, a college student New York City, finally escaped the South and drama of her family only to succumb to the terrible temptations of urban life; Gordon, a 14 year old boy feeling anger and hatred as he begins to slowly realize the harsh reality of the people and world around him; while Ginny, newly divorced mother off our, finds that she's not the spoiled princess she once was. She is overwhelmed with responsibility, feelings of abandonment, and alcoholism. Joe, Ginny’s ex, and the children’s father, revels in new-found wealth and popularity with women, yet yearns for family and simpler times.
Author Mary Morony was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, mainly by her family’s beloved black maid. Her childhood was a time of segregated schools and many places that prohibited black people. Morony’s inspiration for the Apron Strings Trilogy was her strong relationship with her maid and caretaker, who taught her more about life and love than anyone has since. Morony also uses personal life tragedies and triumphs to produce novels with real experiences and true emotion.
Author Mary Morony was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, mainly by her family’s beloved black maid. Her childhood was a time of segregated schools and many places that prohibited black people. Morony’s inspiration for the Apron Strings Trilogy was her strong relationship with her maid and caretaker, who taught her more about life and love than anyone has since. Morony also uses personal life tragedies and triumphs to produce novels with real experiences and true emotion.
Tour Recap...
Promotional posts were shared by:
Basically Speaking
Domestic Chanteuse
Bound 2 Escape
K & A Children's Book Reviews
A few bloggers shared excerpts from Done Growed Up
Amanda's Books and More
Mother Daughter Book Reviews
Mel's Shelves
Raising Kids of Gratitude
Book Lover Promo
Author interviews were posted by:
Lizards Laughter and Love
Dee S White
What reviewers had to say:
"The characters were very well-developed and realistic. There was a steady flow of energy and smoothness from chapter to chapter." - Rockin' Book Reviews
"It’s true, enduring strength is the main focus here, either you dust yourself off and move on or let life’s misery swallow you whole. The author wrote this tale with so much vigor and warmth that it will consume you." - 2ReadBook
"Rich, well developed characters.I really enjoyed reading this book." - Kay LaLone
"Done Grown Up is certainly a story filled with interesting characters." - Stitch Says
"The author is able to weave a beautiful and complicated tale full of emotion because as you read it feels like you are there with them experiencing there ups and downs, there highs and lows. There is so much depth to Moronys characters its hard to believe that they are fictional and not a living breathing person right in front of you." - Oh My Bookness
About the Author: Mary Morony
Mary Morony’s rich characters are drawn from her childhood memories and lifelong experiences. Growing up in a household where both of her parents (and their maid!) had issues with alcohol, her parents split up in a time when divorce was a humiliating family secret. Morony had a lot of material to work with, even as a child.
By the time Morony was 35, she had been married four times. Divorced, widowed and the mother of four children, she has experienced more in her life than most people would in five lives. It has been said that “A life of tragedy and pain has bred a writer full of wit and compassion” in Mary Morony. As her characters grow and learn, she teaches lessons learned from her own experiences.
Mary Morony is an author who can write about tragedy from the inside and guides her readers through it to compassion, humor and recovery. She brings Southern charm, irreverence and wit to bear against subjects as vast as racism and as personal as alcoholism, always with a heart and soul that makes her work undeniably appealing.
By the time Morony was 35, she had been married four times. Divorced, widowed and the mother of four children, she has experienced more in her life than most people would in five lives. It has been said that “A life of tragedy and pain has bred a writer full of wit and compassion” in Mary Morony. As her characters grow and learn, she teaches lessons learned from her own experiences.
Mary Morony is an author who can write about tragedy from the inside and guides her readers through it to compassion, humor and recovery. She brings Southern charm, irreverence and wit to bear against subjects as vast as racism and as personal as alcoholism, always with a heart and soul that makes her work undeniably appealing.
