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The Salt Eaters

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by Toni Cade Bambara

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Mud Mothers? I've never heard that name for women. Have any of you heard it? It's on the back of my book.
Joan I don't think she uses that term for women in general, but for a kind of archetypal ancestress who evokes fear in the main character .....…moreI don't think she uses that term for women in general, but for a kind of archetypal ancestress who evokes fear in the main character .....(less)
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