Can I read Cold Sweat : My Father James Brown and Me on EtoBox?

Cold Sweat : My Father James Brown and Me by Yamma Brown with Robin Gaby Fisher is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Cold Sweat : My Father James Brown and Me about?

Being the child of a global superstar is never easy. Being the daughter of the Godfather of Soul—that's a category unto itself. Like every little girl, Yamma Brown wanted her father's attention, but fame, drugs, jail, and the complicated women in James Brown's life set the stage for an uncommon childhood. Cold Sweat is about how Yamma rose to meet every challenge. Though packed with celebrity appearances ranging from Michael Jackson to Al Sharpton, Cold Sweat is not just a celebrity book. It focuses on an everyday issue faced by millions of women—domestic violence—and in this book Yamma faces it in an honest and powerfully moving way. Dealing with a complex and famous father eventually took a backseat to coping with her own abusive and deceitful marriage. Cold Sweat is about how Yamma got caught in the same trap as her mother, doing things in her adult life that, as a child, she'd promised herself she'd never do. But at the same time, Yamma learned valuable lessons about life from her father. 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.

Author

Yamma Brown with Robin Gaby Fisher

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781883052881

Subjects

Memoir, Music, Biography

Rating

3.51 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14