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A Mother-Daughter Thing

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

December 1, 2020 by Jake 1 Comment

I found this book on a list of unusual true crime reads. I suppose on some level this can be classified as a “true crime” book. Illegal gambling is a crime and I guess Fannie Davis was technically a criminal if you’re going by the letter of the law. But this is really more than that. It’s a story about a daughter’s relationship with her mother, how it evolved over the years, how her mother embraced her unusual profession and used it to make a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Bridgett M. Davis, Davis, detroit, families, gambling, Numbers, The World According to Fannie

Jake's CBR12 Review No:178 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Bridgett M. Davis, Davis, detroit, families, gambling, Numbers, The World According to Fannie ·
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“I wasn’t ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn’t dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed.”

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

April 24, 2019 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

Have you ever heard of a lottery system called “the Numbers”? I hadn’t. But Bridgett Davis grew up watching her mother expertly “run the numbers”, providing her neighbors with access to an illegal lottery. In doing so, Fannie Davis was able to give her a children opportunities they may not have had otherwise. “The word secret is so loaded, suggests its country cousin shame; but I wasn’t ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn’t dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed.” Bridgett always had a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bridgett M. Davis

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:55 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bridgett M. Davis ·
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The World According to Fannie Davis: My mother's life in the Detroit Numbers, by Bridgett Davis

Making a way out of no way

The World According to Fannie Davis: My mother's life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

February 18, 2019 by J 1 Comment

Bridgett Davis opens this love letter to her mother with a hell of a story. When Bridgett’s second grade teacher displayed suspicion about just how many pairs of shoes her pupil had, Fannie Davis very emphatically wasn’t having it. I won’t spoil what happened–you can probably catch the whole thing in the free sample on Amazon–but suffice it to say that the opening story serves two purposes: to get the reader on Fannie Davis’s side, and to reassure the reader that one is in excellent […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Bridgett M. Davis

J's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Bridgett M. Davis ·
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