Annie John is a story of a life of a young girl and her relationship with her mother. The story starts out with Annie being ten years old and has a very close bond with her mother. During the summer months her mother lets her sleep in, takes hot baths with her and adds herbs and spices to relax them. She takes her into the town and shows her how to shop for produce and get the best prices. Annie sees her mother as very beautiful and very wise. It doesn't talk much about her father but only that he has many partners and children before her mother and her mother is often yelled at on the streets by these women. One day Annie came home from school to find her parents making love and she feels alone. She is jealous and rejected when she sees them because she feels like she is not part of their union. She really looks at her mother coldly because of this because she felt betrayed of their special relationship.
Annie starts school and finds a girl and quickly becomes best friends with......
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Approximate Word Count: 557
Approximate Pages: 3 (260 words per double-spaced page) |