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Rozelle Quinn is so fair-skinned that she can pass for white. Her ten children are mostly light, too. They constitute the only world she rules and controls. Her power over them is all she has in an otherwise cruel and uncaring universe. Rozelle favors her light-skinned kids, but Tangy Mae,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mama: The main character's mother AKA Rosie AKA Rozelle
- Martha Jean: Child of "Mama"; deaf
- Wallace: Younger Child of Mama
- Sam: Older Child of Mama
- Harvey: Older Child of Mama
- Laura: Younger Child of Mama
- Tarabelle: Child of Mama
- Edna: Mama's baby
- Mattie: Friend of main character
- Judy: baby sister (darkie)
- Mr. Frank: Add a description of this character.
- Velman Cooper: Man who works at the post office.
- Crow
- Skeeter: Relative of Velman Cooper
- Jeff Stallings
- Richard Mackey
- Maxwell
- Mushy: Oldest child of Mama; lives away from the house.
- Nelson
- Bakker
- Tangy Mae: Main character; middle child of Mama.
- Mr. Hewitt
- Mary Ann
- Dr. Mathis
- Chadlow: Mean redneck.."the law"
- Edith: Younger child of Mama.
- Miss Janie
- Mr. Pace: Teacher of Tangy Mae
- Angus Betts: Sheriff
- Melvin
- Mr. Dobson
- Griggs
- Becky
- Mason
- Miss Shirley
- Quinn
- Miss Whitman
First Sentence edit
Mama washed the last dish she ever intended to wash.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Delores Phillips (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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