Annie John
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this is how you smile to someone you don’t like too much; this is how you smile to someone you don’t like at all; this is how you smile to someone you like completely;
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this is how to love a man; and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don't work don't feel too bad about giving up
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try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming
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You mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won't let near the bread?
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always eat your food in such a way that it won't turn someone else's stomach
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About Jamaica Kincaid
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"Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry;..."
Girl, a short story by Jamaica Kincaid, was originally published in the June 26, 1978 issue of The New Yorker and subsequently included in the short story collection At the Bottom of the River in 1983.
The story deals with the teachings and duties that a dominant mother tries to instill in her daughter, focusing on the significance of familial relationships in shaping one's individual behavior.
Jamaica Kincaid (1949-) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda). Among her most celebrated works are A Small Place (1988), Lucy (1990), and Annie John (1985).
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- 1978
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- Jamaica Kincaid
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- Fiction
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