Mama Day
Gloria Naylor
312 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0679721819
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Language: English
Publish: 609318000000
AdultAfrican AmericanClassicsFantasyFeminismFictionLiterary FictionLiteratureMagical RealismNovels
A fascinating novel that reworks elements of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island’s darker forces.