Oh my gosh friends, I love this book. I don't think I loved a book this much since The Secret Life of Bees which I read in 2005. I'm really enjoying the way these women talk especially the black women. Its just so funny. One thing I am learning is how things are passed down through generations and cultures. Many of the descriptions of what the maids did like how they clean and cook I see in how my family cleans and cooks. We never double dip or taste our food with a spoon our mouths already touched for example. Its not because we don't want to contaminate the white people's food because that's not our current reality. We do it probably because at one point we did have maids in the family and what they did at their jobs they came home and did it there too and it passed down. Not to say that things are not added or subtracted over the years like I have never seen Crisco in my house but that's bc my mom doesn't fry food. Honestly I don't clean everyday, my mom does though.
That's just an observation. I challenge you to compare your experiences while you read. Also pick up some good one liners. I feel like my Twitter will be full of one liner smart comments based on some of Minny's statements. I'm a quiet smart mouth if you don't know.
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