Taunted with the nickname Monkey Night, she feels resigned to being “black and ugly” for eternity. Her dark complexion and unkempt afro place Davidia at the bottom rung of social life for her entire academic career.
Filled with splendid prose, a loveable main character and a tear-jerker ending, 32 Candles is one of the best 2010 fiction releases thus far.Ĭarter’s movie-worthy novel is set in a tiny all black town in Mississippi where Davidia lives with her alcoholic, abusive and promiscuous mother. Carter put her foot in her debut novel 32 Candles. To borrow a phrase from old school Madames, Ernessa T.
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