The Night Watcher

A best friend, advisory, confidant and sage to the many young people for whom she is an auntie or a godmother, Charlayne Woodard pays homage in The Night Watcher to the life-enhancing intimacy that can exist between children and the loving extended family of other adults who are not related. Told with penetrating grace and candor, Woodard beautifully weaves together stories of the ordinary and extraordinary ways she has mentored the children in her life.