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Mama Day

Mama Day

by Gloria Naylor

1988FictionAfrican American womenAfro-Americansgerogia sea islandsGullah
4.0
Open Library
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Mama day is about many things. It's the story of Ophelia and George two black American's and how they fall in love in try to reconcile their differences of upbringing and culture. It's about the dying culture of Gullah on the Georgia sea islands and it is even a reworking of Shakespeare's Tempest.

Themes & subjects

FictionAfrican American womenAfro-Americansgerogia sea islandsGullahGeechee
First published 1988

Setting

South Carolinanew yorkchicagoSouthern States1986

About the author

Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor

25 Jan 1950 – 28 Sep 2016

Gloria Naylor (January 25, 1950 – September 28, 2016) was an American novelist, known for novels including *The Women of Brewster Place* (1982), *Linden Hills* (1985) and *Mama Day* (1988). **Source**: [Gloria Naylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Naylor) on Wikipedia.

Author

Gloria Naylor

First published

1988

Pages

312

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

15

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Vintage Books

ISBN

9781439513583

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