For Mother’s Day, Muhammad Ali’s Official Biographer Shares a Special Life in ‘My Mother and Me’

Born in 1925 ‘with the unearned privilege of good looks,’ Eleanor Nordlinger Hauser experienced ‘soaring highs and hard falls,’ living a life that defied convention.

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Eleanor 'Ellie' Nordlinger Hauser and Muhammad Ali.

“My Mother and Me: A Memoir”

Thomas Hauser

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