Karenita's Reviews > The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

This is a fascinating memoir about a suburban mom that becomes addicted to drugs and steals from neighbors and strangers to support her habit. She is arrested and most of the book is her experience in jail and her extreme fear that she will lose her child while incarcerated. Readers will also learn how virtually impossible it is to follow the rules of probation which include holding down a full-time job, having a permanent address, going to AA meetings, going to child protective service meetings, enduring spontaneous, random drug tests etc. Missing one requirement, one time, and you’re back in jail. I read the book in a day and a half so it’s a page turner.