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Mama Day

Gloria Naylor (1988)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads4.19

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Heroine archetypes

Career-Driven Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVs

Synopsis

Mama day is about many things. It's the story of Ophelia and George two black American's and how they fall in love in try to reconcile their differences of upbringing and culture. It's about the dying culture of Gullah on the Georgia sea islands and it is even a reworking of Shakespeare's Tempest.

Tags

Literary FantasyMagical RealismCultural FantasySouthern GothicShakespearean Retelling