Books written by Veronica Chambers

  • Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life

    A memoir from the world-famous chef describes his life as an orphan in Ethiopia, upbringing by his adoptive family in Sweden, and the cooking lessons from his adoptive grandmother that lead him to train in some of Europe's most demanding ...

  • Everybody's Got Something

    "Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, "Everybody's got something.

  • Everybody's Got Something

    "Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, "Everybody's got something.

  • Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day

    These stories and recipes lay praise to the immense influence the African Diaspora has had on global cuisine." -- Sean Brock "This is more than just a cookbook.

  • Yes, Chef: A Memoir

    The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations.

  • Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa

    Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. to hear her voice or ...

  • Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style

    Includes a foreword by Spike Lee, the screenplay for the film Poetic Justice (starring Janet Jackson), poetry by Maya Angelou, and sixteen pages of photographs from the set   At...

  • The Go-between

    Both of sixteen-year-old Cammi's parents are stars in Mexico, but everything changes when her mother accepts a role in an American sitcom.

  • Amigas: She's Got Game

    Amigas have definitely arrived.

  • Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter

    Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times bestselling authors Veronica Chambers and ...

  • Double Dutch: A Celebration of Jump Rope, Rhyme, and Sisterhood

    Written & compiled by celebrated author & journalist Veronica Chambers, this book is filled with her own personal memories of girlhood & jumping rope, along with poems, interviews, songs, history, quotes, rhymes, & photographs.

  • Mama's Girl

    The critically acclaimed Mama's Girl is a moving, startlingly honest memoir, in which Chambers shares some important truths about what we all really want from our mothers—and what we can give in return.

  • Everybody's Got Something

    The beloved Good Morning America anchor shares the incredible journey that's been her life so far and the lessons she learned along the way as she battled breast cancer and a rare blood disorder and dealt with the death of her mother.

  • Playing for Keeps

    It's time for some Texas-sized adventure for Amigas Incorporated!

  • Having It All?: Black Women and Success

    Veronica Chambers chronicles this topic for the first time in her absorbing, riveting and groundbreaking book HAVING IT ALL?

  • Amigas: A Formal Affair

    For Carmen, though, the pressure is the highest.

  • The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

    "Michelle Obama is unlike any other first lady in American history.

  • Mama's Girl

    Veronica Chambers, who is currently a contributing editor at Glamour, looks back on the relationship she had with her mother, growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, and shares some important truths about what we all really want from our ...

  • Lights Camera Quince!

    Things are heating up in the second installment in the Amigas series, as the best friends' quinceañera party-planning business gets the opportunity of a lifetime.