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Macon Me Crazy tells your story about growing up with a dysfunctional family and learning about how they have survived since the days of being on a cotton plantation in Macon Georgia. Why was this an important book for you to write?

I felt like my personal story was worth telling so I decided to share it with the world.

What were some ideas that were important for you to share in this book?

My family was able to change their crazy ways when they got to know God.

I appreciated the candid nature with which you told your story. What was the hardest thing for you to write about?

Writing about the abuse I endured when I was a kid was a little heart wrenching. To this day, I sometimes find myself avoiding the topic.

What do you hope is one thing readers take away from your story?

If you grew up in a chaotic family, do not repeat the patterns from the past.

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Growing up in the streets of Philadelphia during the 1970s wasn’t easy for a young girl named Lena. In a bizarre way, her mother Francine could dish out affection as quickly as she could dish out terror. Coming from a dysfunctional family of drama, Lena is confronted with the reality that she must survive this turmoil and endure the hardship. While Lena visits her grandmother Florence who moved from Philadelphia to North Carolina, she began searching for a misplaced ring when she stumbles upon a hidden family journal in the backyard shed. As Lena begins to read, she realizes it’s a collection of short stories that exposes her family’s survival, dark secrets, and funny moments that can be traced generations back to the cotton plantation in Macon, Georgia. And the chaos continues after the family migrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1940s.

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Macon Me Crazy

Oct 18

Posted by Literary Titan

Macon Me Crazy by L. Maddox is the story of Lena, who struggles daily living with a supportive and dysfunctional family. As she struggles to survive in a life riddled with ongoing challenges and the impact of generational trauma, Lena unexpectedly comes across an old diary, which piques her curiosity. As she begins to read this book, she discovers it contains far more than everyday thoughts and ideas. Instead, it details the daily life of her family decades ago, their hardship, hidden secrets, and survival.

Lena’s discovery of the diary gives her a new perspective on her ancestry and the obstacles they had to endure before she was born. It’s an educational, realistic, and intelligent story that blends elements of tragedy and turmoil with a sense of hope and moments of humor. I enjoyed the author’s down-to-earth writing style, which is direct and personal, drawing the reader in further from one chapter to the next.

Maddox’s story is heartfelt and moves at a comfortable pace, which enough description of the characters, places, and events to create vivid visuals while diving into the family’s history of trauma and triumphs going back several generations. It’s an eye-opening story that gives Lena an in-depth understanding of what her family went through and how the stories in the diary become more related to the present than she could have imagined.

When I began reading this book, I quickly became engrossed in the story, which traces Lena’s family history from the 1940s to the 1970s, and how various places and events play a role in how her life unfolds today. I highly recommend Macon Me Crazy for its excellent narration and the personal and heartfelt experiences captured in the book.

Pages: 192 | ASIN: B07YQZS9WW