Every day he would call Delilah in South Africa and complain about MAA, Delilah always wanted to find a nurse and was always worried for Maa. ... I remember I was in Karachi and was supposed to leave the same night for South Africa. ... Nonstop, abusive words, an unacceptable language with his sons and the bad words he was giving to his own sons were over his own daughter and wife, including to his own daughter. ... In the same month of August, we applied for my parents in laws South African visa through an agent, where we also paid the visa and handling fee to the agents in advance along with...

• Word Count: 4191
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

In his review of Linden Hills, "African American Whiteness in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills", Tim Engles describes Roxanne as "an avid social climber interested in marrying rich " who "actively whitens her natural appetites and those aspects of herself that are commonly associated with blackness ". ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a story of three generations of women. Each woman is faced with basically the same type of event in her life and each reacts differently to that event. The event that is being focused on is the loss of the parent(s), whether the parent was known or unknown, and the l...

• Word Count: 3938
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School