from Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
Joan's mother
Readers picture Gabrielle Union as Miriam North in Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow. Other fancast picks include Nia Long, Regina King and Sanaa Lathan.
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How readers say the book describes them.

Joan
KiKi Layne

Hazel North
S. Epatha Merkerson

Jax
Idris Elba

Myron
David Oyelowo

Mya
Priah Ferguson

Miss Dawn
Lynn Whitfield

August
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor