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"This powerful debut tells the story of Paula Williams Madison's Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. He became romantically involved with a Jamaican woman, Paula's grandmother, and they lived together modestly with their daughter in his Kingston dry goods store, Chiney Shop. In 1920 his Chinese soon-to-be wife arrived to set up a "proper" family. When he requested to take his three-year-old daughter with him, Paula's jealous grandmother made sure that Lowe never saw his child again. That began an almost one-hundred-year break in their family."--publisher.
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“How Madison ultimately connects with her grandfather’s descendants in China will produce more OMG moments than any prime-time drama on cable or Netflix could ever hope to elicit.” (Essence)
“A well-structured memoir told in brief, punchy vignettes alternating between past and present.” (Kirkus Reviews)
Finding Samuel Lowe is simply the most exciting, daring and brilliant memoir I’ve read in the 21st century.” (Kiese Laymon)
“Told through an intimate family portrait this story is a moving account of a vivid historic migration; an unyielding and dogged journey of the human spirit.” (Walter Mosley)
“This is an extraordinary story of identities lost and found. Paula Madison’s audacious search illuminates not only her own family’s story, but a lost world of the Chinese diaspora in the Caribbean, Jamaica’s mixing bowl of race and culture, and Harlem’s melting pot of talent and ambition.” (Ben Jealous, Former President and CEO, NAACP)
“From one corner of the world to another, from one culture to another, Madison expertly brings family together, showing that all of humanity is attached by a thread of love. This emotionally rich story is a must-read, to be sure.” (Harriette Cole, author of Jumping the Broom)
“A fascinating family memoir that peeks inside the life of a 1960s Harlem kid, takes readers back a century to Jamaica, and then reads like a detective story... Madison writes with such passion that it’s a treat to see how finding her grandfather means finding herself.” (The Bookworm Sez)
“This memoir is a quick, fascinating read that sheds light on a little-known aspect of cross-cultural history.” (Bustle)
About the Author:
“A well-structured memoir told in brief, punchy vignettes alternating between past and present.” (Kirkus Reviews)
Finding Samuel Lowe is simply the most exciting, daring and brilliant memoir I’ve read in the 21st century.” (Kiese Laymon)
“Told through an intimate family portrait this story is a moving account of a vivid historic migration; an unyielding and dogged journey of the human spirit.” (Walter Mosley)
“This is an extraordinary story of identities lost and found. Paula Madison’s audacious search illuminates not only her own family’s story, but a lost world of the Chinese diaspora in the Caribbean, Jamaica’s mixing bowl of race and culture, and Harlem’s melting pot of talent and ambition.” (Ben Jealous, Former President and CEO, NAACP)
“From one corner of the world to another, from one culture to another, Madison expertly brings family together, showing that all of humanity is attached by a thread of love. This emotionally rich story is a must-read, to be sure.” (Harriette Cole, author of Jumping the Broom)
“A fascinating family memoir that peeks inside the life of a 1960s Harlem kid, takes readers back a century to Jamaica, and then reads like a detective story... Madison writes with such passion that it’s a treat to see how finding her grandfather means finding herself.” (The Bookworm Sez)
“This memoir is a quick, fascinating read that sheds light on a little-known aspect of cross-cultural history.” (Bustle)
Paula Williams Madison is Chairman and CEO of Madison Media Management LLC, a division of Williams Group Holdings LLC, a Chicago-based investment company. She spent twenty-two years with NBC Universal and was most recently the Executive Vice President of Diversity as well as a Vice President of the General Electric Company. Honored for corporate leadership and community outreach, Madison was named one of the "75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America" by Black Enterprise Magazine in 2005 and was included in Ebony magazine's "Power 100." She is Vice President of the Los Angeles Police Commission. On the occasion of the 2013 Centennial Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Madison was inducted as a member of Honorary Centennial Six, a great career achievement. A native of Harlem, she and her husband reside in Los Angeles. This is her first book.
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- PublisherAmistad Press
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0062331647
- ISBN 13 9780062331649
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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