Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel by Deb Spera

Call Your Daughter Home: A Novel by Deb Spera

Author:Deb Spera [Spera, Deb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Literary, Historical, General, Family Life, Women
ISBN: 9781488095443
Google: TuNKDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B079M5VTWV
Publisher: Park Row
Published: 2019-06-11T06:00:00+00:00


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The first birth I ever did by myself with Mama looking on was when Buck slid out of Miss Annie so fast I had to catch him. Oh, I thought Mama was going to die of fright. But I caught him. I wasn’t going to let nothing bad happen. When I placed him at Miss Annie’s breast, Mama said, look at what a hurry he’s in, ready for the world! Miss Annie thanked me, and before I knew my mouth ought not to run free in a white man’s house, I said, “Next child will come so fast you best be ready to reach down and catch it yourself.”

I was thirteen.

The next birth was harder than I ever saw, and Mama had to take over. I watched her lay Miss Annie up on her left side. She stuck one arm all the way up to her elbow to turn the baby, but it was too late. The baby was born blue.



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