![]() ![]() On her birthday, Rosaleen takes Lily into town under the pretense of Lily getting measured for a bra, but also to give Rosaleen the opportunity to register to vote. Ray who assumes she was out there with a boy and punishes her by having her kneel on a pile of grits for an hour. She is caught hastily buttoning her shirt by T. ![]() Ray calling for her and quickly buries her mothers belongings and tries to quickly button her shirt. ![]() On the night before her birthday, Lily sneaks away into a nearby cornfield where she has secretly buried a few mementos of her mother, including a jar labeled “Black Madonna Honey, Tiburon, SC.” She places the picture of her mother on her stomach to feel closer to her as she lays back in the cornfield. In the present day, her 14th birthday is approaching, and she celebrates the signing of the Civil Rights Act with her father’s Black hired help, Rosaleen. 10 years earlier, the four-year-old Lily accidentally shot her mother as she was attempting to leave T. In 1964 South Carolina, Lily lives on a peach orchard with her abusive, widowed father T. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |