excerpts from secrets that little girls hide
"My Diana Ross"
During the early seventies, my mommy was a barmaid in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. She was as beautiful as Ms. Diana Ross in “Mahogany,” but there was always a little whisper of “Lady Sings the Blues” that kept me from really knowing my mommy.We lived at 729 Lafayette Avenue. I remember not only because it’s the month and day of my birthday, but it’s also the day my daddy died and went to ... chiffon cocktail dresses