Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail

An "elegant, funny, and poignant" memoir of a journalist's discovery of her birth mother—a daughter of Nat King Cole—and the bond that formed between them (Essence).

Caroline Clarke, award-winning journalist and host of Black Enterprise Business Report, was born in an era when adoptions were shameful, secret, and sealed. While she wondered about her biological parents, she kept her curiosity in check, until a series of small health problems raised concerns about her genetic heritage and its...