Review: More than Hot
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
A wonderful book that chronicles the lives of the Fabulous Turner family. Talented black entertainers, they worked at clubs, dives, luxury hotels, singing and dancing for adoring audiences. But behind the scenes, they are often starving and a step from being homeless. Most of their suffering is caused by Hot Papa, a self-centered, cruel man who lets nothing stop him from compulsive gambling and drinking. The rest of the family suffer greatly. Yet the mother takes him back again and again, permitting his ruinous behavior to persist....The triumph of the author is finally learning to read while in her 70's, thus allowing her story to be told....The book is rich in specifics and events that keep the reader interested throughout.