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Letters to my mother

The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, when her mother dies, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their goodwill, she's deeply wounded by their taunts about how dark her skin is and their attacks on her behavior in general, including her choice not to straighten her hair. When not at home, she must endure constant, casual racial prejudice. To keep the memory of her mother alive, and to remind herself that she was once unconditionally loved, she writes letters telling "Mami" what she is suffering and feeling. Composed wholly of these letters.

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  • "Presents the story of a young Afro-Cuban girl who goes to live with relatives after the death of her mother, only to be met with racial prejudice and mistreatment from those who have taken her in."
  • "A young African-Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her"
  • "The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, when her mother dies, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their goodwill, she's deeply wounded by their taunts about how dark her skin is and their attacks on her behavior in general, including her choice not to straighten her hair. When not at home, she must endure constant, casual racial prejudice. To keep the memory of her mother alive, and to remind herself that she was once unconditionally loved, she writes letters telling "Mami" what she is suffering and feeling. Composed wholly of these letters."@en
  • "A young African-Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her."@en
  • "A young African-Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her."
  • "A young African-Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousi ns after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her."
  • "A young Afro-Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins in Cuba after her mother dies so she writes letters to her mother to try to console herself."
  • "Presents the story of a young Afro-Cuban girl who goes to live with relatives after the death of her mother, only to be met with racial prejudice and mistreatment from those who have taken her in."@en

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  • "Elegiac poetry"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Elegies"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Epistolary fiction"
  • "Poetry"

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  • "Cartas a mi mamà"
  • "Cartas al cielo"
  • "Letters to my mother"@en
  • "Letters to my mother"
  • "Cartas a mi mama / Letters to My Mother"@en
  • "Cartas a mi mamá"

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