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Mama
1987
African American familiesAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansFamilyFictionFamiliesEnglish fictionMichigan, fictionDetroit (mich.), fictionAfrican americans, fictionFiction, generalFiction, sagas
Mildred Peacock, mother of five, black, and fed up with poverty and the jealous rampages of her husband, kicks him out to raise her kids on her own.
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