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“Look at it this way: Our grandmothers had to keep the master and mistress happy at all times. They had to be aware of their every mood and every need. And now we’re free to be that for our husbands instead of pouring it into some white folks’ families.”

Ummm wtf

“Violet’s father had a business associate in a new development called East Cobb, who told him there were jobs for young women like Violet—where even spirited girls like her could be molded into more pliant women.”

Oh no it's me

‘“My parents had been born here—had worked in cotton fields in Greenville, not five miles from Cobb’s city limits. They went to Chicago for a better life, and, for a while, it felt like they had it.” Vera shook her head. “It was a lie. It’s . . . everywhere.”’

It really is a lie 😭

‘“Especially for our womenfolk,”Dr. Farmer said in a soothing voice that did nothing to soften the grating chauvinism of his comment. “They need more rest than we do. Gentler schedules. Lighter days. I’m sure coming here and setting up your new home would have been a lot more amenable than gussying up for a ball.”’

Oh 🫠

‘“You girls mistake my kindness for weakness,” said Clotilde, although no one would ever mistake Clotilde as either kind or weak. “You forget that I can punish you in ways you’d never dare to imagine....”’

😬

‘“I do so love when women try to talk politics,” said Mr. Benson. “It’s like watching a dog walk around on his hind legs.”’

I wanna fight this man

‘“But you wouldn’t mind a wife who is at home—working. Right?”

“Of course I wouldn’t,” he said. “But it’s not . . . I mean, in the traditional sense . . . it’s not work.”

“Oh!” Thea scoffed. “I see. The magical typewriter just spins out brilliance while I file my fingernails.”’

This town is gonna redpill her man. I'm calling it

“It never ceased to amaze Thea how casually some folks shared other folks’ business. Lem Robbins was innocently standing in the corner of the ballroom, unaware that one of his life’s greatest tragedies was being unfolded in front of strangers.”

Lmao also relatable

“Thea had never imagined a party so opulent in Mississippi. She felt underdressed, even in her best things, and cursed herself for leaving her finest formal wear back in DC with Mama. She had never thought she’d need it in Mississippi.”

Lmao I mean 🙈

“Talk therapy was one of the snake-oil terms her pastor father would have shaken his head at. Psychiatry was secondary in his mind to Jesus.”

Relatable