Cocoamo

by Gregory Norman

Cocoamo (Co-ka-mo) a loving, endearing name given to the innocent, young impressionable boy within this story by his loving grandmother. Cocoamo is the untold story of many. It's a story of love, family, joy and pain. Cocoamo will have its readers experience every emotion imaginable. This story will touch your heart. The events that this family experience will surprise, anger and sadden its readers. Cocoamo follows the lives of an average American family from Jacksonville, Florida in the late 1960's and early 1970's. This story tells of the struggles and hardships of the Newman family. United with the love and support of their family, they overcame each life altering obstacle. Cocoamo reveals that ignorance and bigotry is also reflective and inherited within the same race of people. Cocoamo expresses the importance of having a loving and supportive family structure. There's no greater love than the bond between a mother and child. Cocoamo will show its readers that a mother's love is unconditional. It also gives the reader an understanding of how much influence and power a parent or grandparent yields over a child. The amount of love given to a child has a tremendous influence on the person they are to become. The characters within this story have an open, honest (down home) country southern dialogue. The storyline is relatable to any race, ethnicity or nationality. This book was written to inspire, inform and educate those that have endured or experienced love, hate, sorrow, joy and pain. Cocoamo is easy reading, heartwarming and soulful.

272 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

Reviews

[Lakezia Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tear...Tear..Tear..Cocoamo had me balling like a baby.I felt every emotion a human could feel, while reading this story...AMAZING...The description of the story was so life like. I've never in my entire 43 years on this earth read anything that comes close to this story..OMG...I've found my favorite book of all time...This author is amazing. Where can I get other books from him? Is this his first book? Words cannot describe how amazing this book is...I'm looking forward to a movie from this story..OMG....Did I say OMG?? Amazing story...5 stars?? try 55 stars...OMG..

[Debbie Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG..This book is amazing. I've never cried soooo much. The authors description of the details is like a movie scene. I envisioned every detail of the story. This is the best book that I've ever read. When you read this book, I highly recommend that you purchase a box or two of kleenex. I felt as if I was on an emotional roller coaster. Bravo Mr. Norman this is now my favorite book..

[Lisa Gatts · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It flowed really well.I had ordered the paperback a few months back but never got around to reading it because I am on the go a lot. Once I started the book, I did not stop until I was finished.The book really held my attention.
Without giving too much away.The book is about a family with 6 children and one of them is born with darker skin than the rest and therefore he is treated different by his grandma and one of his aunts. It was really sad how this boy was treated and I look forward to reading more books by this author in the future.

[Cnorman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an awesome book!