''That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir'' is a 2008

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Stacey Patton Stacey Patton is an American journalist, writer, author, speaker, commentator, and college professor. Patton has written for ''The Baltimore Sun'', ''Al Jazeera'', BBC America, ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Dallas Morni ...

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Overview

A coming-of-age memoir about a young

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woman surviving the

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system to become an award-winning journalist.

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2008 non-fiction books American memoirs Books about child abuse English-language books Biographies about African-American people {{memoir-stub