[PDF] A Study Guide For Gloria Naylors Mama Day eBook

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1410336220

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A Study Guide for Gloria Naylor's "Mama Day," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Gloria Naylor
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 38,10 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504043154

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A “wonderful novel” steeped in the folklore of the South from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Women of Brewster Place (The Washington Post Book World). On an island off the coast of Georgia, there’s a place where superstition is more potent than any trappings of the modern world. In Willow Springs, the formidable Mama Day uses her powers to heal. But her great niece, Cocoa, can’t wait to get away. In New York City, Cocoa meets George. They fall in love and marry quickly. But when she finally brings him home to Willow Springs, the island’s darker forces come into play. As their connection is challenged, Cocoa and George must rely on Mama Day’s mysticism. Told from multiple perspectives, Mama Day is equal parts star-crossed love story, generational saga, and exploration of the supernatural. Hailed as Gloria Naylor’s “richest and most complex” novel, it is the kind of book that stays with you long after the final page (Providence Journal).

Author : SuperSummary
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2018-11-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781731170958

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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality study guides for challenging works of literature. This 45-page guide for "Mama Day" by Gloria Naylor includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 2 chapters, as well as several more in-depth sections of expert-written literary analysis. Featured content includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay topics, and key themes like Ritual and Liminality.

Author : Gloria Naylor
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 24,85 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504043162

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A “moving and memorable” novel about a cafe where everyone has a story to tell from the award-winning author of The Women of Brewster Place (The Boston Globe). In post–World War II Brooklyn, on a quiet backstreet, there’s a little place that draws people from all over—not for the food, and definitely not for the coffee. An in-between place that’s only there when you need it, Bailey’s Cafe is a crossroads where patrons stay for a while before making a choice: Move on or check out? In this novel, National Book Award–winning author Gloria Naylor’s expertly crafted characters experience a journey full of beauty and heartbreak. Touching on gender, race, and the African American experience, Bailey’s Cafe is “a sublime achievement” about the resilience of the human spirit (People).

Author : Gloria Naylor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 014313616X

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The National Book Award-winning novel—and contemporary classic—that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor, now with a foreword by Tayari Jones “[A] shrewd and lyrical portrayal of many of the realities of black life . . . Naylor bravely risks sentimentality and melodrama to write her compassion and outrage large, and she pulls it off triumphantly.” —The New York Times Book Review “Brims with inventiveness—and relevance.” —NPR's Fresh Air In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living in Brewster Place, a bleak-inner city sanctuary, creating a powerful, moving portrait of the strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Vulnerable and resilient, openhanded and openhearted, these women forge their lives in a place that in turn threatens and protects—a common prison and a shared home. Naylor renders both loving and painful human experiences with simple eloquence and uncommon intuition in this touching and unforgettable read.

Author : Gloria Naylor
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504043170

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The National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place explores the secrets of an affluent black community. For its wealthy African American residents, the exclusive neighborhood of Linden Hills is a symbol of “making it.” The ultimate achievement: a home on prestigious Tupelo Drive. Making your way downhill to Tupelo is irrefutable proof of your worth. But the farther down the hill you go, the emptier you become . . . Using the descent of Dante’s Inferno as a model, this bold, haunting novel follows two young men as they attempt to find work amid the circles of the well-off community. Exploring a microcosm of race and social class, author Gloria Naylor reveals the true cost of success for the lost souls of Linden Hills—an existence trapped in a nightmare of their own making.

Author : Margaret Earley Whitt
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781570032738

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Whitt discloses how Naylor tells the stories of these women on multiple levels and how she helps readers see that all heroines live a life of significance."--BOOK JACKET. "Tracing Naylor's development of the theme of black community, especially among women, Whitt shows how characters move from poverty and isolation to a place where they transcend the racism and sexism that constrict their lives."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Gloria Naylor
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781578066339

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Collected interviews with the author of The Women of Brewster Place, The Men of Brewster Place, and Linden Hills

Author : Gloria Naylor
Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781568957128

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Fifteen years ago, Gloria Naylor burst onto the American literary scene with The Women of Brewster Place. Now she has focused her attention on the other side of the story - the men of Brewster Place. Like the women, they are committed to one another and to their community. Ben, who died in the first Brewster Place novel, is resurrected to narrate the tales of seven men and the women who love them. The complexity of their personal issues and how they are resolved leaves the reader with renewed hope and optimism.