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“So, there we were, kitty-corner from Hattie Lee's address, each one of us eating her heart out over her whole motherless life. We were also fatherless, but this didn't bite the same way.
When you don't have your mother, you don't really know who you are. Even if you have a bad mother like Babydoll had, you can use her to know what you are not.”

“When a girl is a little stormy, a man like me wants to follow behind you with an open umbrella. But I am exhausted now, and wet."
An impeccable way to describe how your partner’s unaddressed trauma impacts a relationship

The story of Niecy and Joette is so sad

At this moment, I think this would be a good companion novel to Beloved. The similar themes of motherhood/matriarchs

Am I smelling Christ imagery????