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This collection of vignettes is a joy.
Even more than the joy, though, I love the look at what it's like to be a black domestic worker in 1950's New York. While the way of life is different there are other parts that are eerily familiar. When Mildred riffs one Christmas about ...more
Marge, I sure am glad that you are my friend... No, I do not want to borrow anything or ask any favors and I wish you'd stop bein' suspicious everytime somebody pays you a compliment. It's a sure sign of a distrustful nature.
Even more than the joy, though, I love the look at what it's like to be a black domestic worker in 1950's New York. While the way of life is different there are other parts that are eerily familiar. When Mildred riffs one Christmas about ...more
Jul 29, 2014
Steph
marked it as to-read
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Lindsay
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Sep 05, 2017
Dana Arbelaez
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