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Victoria Rowell on the Love of Her Life and Her Memoir
The Women Who Raised Me (Legacy Edition) by Victoria Rowell 🔗 https://aalbc.com/books/9781959811770
Born a ward of the state in the State of Maine, the child of a Yankee blueblood mother, Dorothy (Collins) Rowell, and a Black Marine, Levi (Cowan) Wilson, from South Carolina, Victoria Rowell beat the odds that befall many foster children. Interviewed by Kevin Johnson
Bonus: Janet Jones of Source Booksellers, Detroit, MI
Filmed during the 2025 Sac BlkLit Book Fest (held September 13 in Sacramento, CA).
Born a ward of the state in the State of Maine, the child of a Yankee blueblood mother, Dorothy (Collins) Rowell, and a Black Marine, Levi (Cowan) Wilson, from South Carolina, Victoria Rowell beat the odds that befall many foster children. Interviewed by Kevin Johnson
Bonus: Janet Jones of Source Booksellers, Detroit, MI
Filmed during the 2025 Sac BlkLit Book Fest (held September 13 in Sacramento, CA).
