{"id":123,"date":"2014-09-16T18:27:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robingabyfisher.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:07:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:07:16","slug":"cold-sweat-my-father-james-brown-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robingabyfisher.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/16\/cold-sweat-my-father-james-brown-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Being the child of a global superstar is never easy, but being the daughter of the \u201cHardest Working Man in Show Business\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a category unto itself. Like every little girl, Yamma Brown wanted her father\u2019s attention, but fame, drugs, jail, and the complicated women in James Brown\u2019s life set the stage for an uncommon childhood. She got caught in the same trap as her mother, doing things in her adult life and troubled marriage that, as a child, she\u2019d promised herself she\u2019d never do. The struggles she went through, both as a child and as an adult, make for a gripping read and, in the end, a profound examination of the nature of celebrity, violence, and survival. Though packed with celebrity appearances ranging from Michael Jackson to Al Sharpton, Cold Sweat ultimately focuses on an everyday issue faced by millions of women\u2014domestic violence\u2014and in this book Yamma faces it in an honest and powerfully moving way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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