"New York (N.Y.)" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers." . . . . . . . "Always wear joy : my mother bold and beautiful" . "Always wear joy : my mother bold and beautiful"@en . . . . . . . . . "From an inside peek at the inner workings of Hollywood to the backstage drama of Broadway, from a poignant look at the black upper class to an honest look at the WASP elite, this elegantly wrought memoir of an extraordinary family has something for everyone. Growing up with a black Auntie Mame-like mother (who performed with the likes of Lena Horne) and an Anglo sea-faring father, Susan Fales-Hill moved seamlessly between many worlds. But it was from her mother -- a woman who was dressed by Givenchy and sculpted by Alexander Calder, yet rejected by many a casting agent for her \"dark,\" unconventional looks -- that Susan drew inspiration, particularly when she faced challenges in her own career as a television writer in Hollywood, a town that wasn't always receptive to positive images of people of color. As a result the two developed a bond that mothers and daughters everywhere will find inspiring. Both a universally touching mother-daughter story and a portrait of a dazzling American family, Always Wear Joy is a memoir readers won't soon forget."@en . . "Always wear joy my mother bold and beautiful"@en . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "The daughter of a Broadway actress who performed with Lena Horne and Alvin Ailey recounts the inspiration she received from her mother and the challenges she endured as a half-white, half-African American television writer in Hollywood." . . . . . . . . "Always wear joy"@en . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical." . . "HISTORY State & Local." . . . . "Haiti" . . "HISTORY State & Local General." . .