Being Clem

In this powerful audiobook, Clem uses his humor to uplift those around him, including his grumpy sisters, but his world is shattered when his father dies in the Port Chicago disaster. With his mother struggling to support the family as a maid for a wealthy White family, Clem grapples with the changes in his home and identity. Part of Lesa Cline-Ransome's award-winning trilogy, this story vividly captures mid-20th century America through Clem's eyes, intertwining personal struggles with broader historical themes such as the Great Migration and Jim Crow laws.