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Author: Toni Morrison
First Published: 1981
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: The late 1970’s
Setting: Isle de Chevaliers in the Caribbean, New York City, and Florida
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
Subjects: African Americans, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Caribbean, Class conflict, Racism, Blacks, Slavery or slaves, New York City, Interracial relationships, Servants, Models, fashion
Locales: Caribbean, New York, NY, Florida, Isle de Chevaliers, Caribbean

Jadine Childs, an African American model with a degree in art history from the Sorbonne. Orphaned at the age of twelve, she was taken in by her aunt and uncle, Ondine and Sydney Childs. Their employer, Valerian Street, helped them send Jadine to private schools and to the Sorbonne. Partially because of this upbringing, Jadine experiences conflict between the white society in which she is entrenched and the black culture represented by her uncle and aunt and by Son, her lover. Jadine refuses to conform to the traditional image of womanhood that both Ondine...

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