As a child she has a nightmare about a gorilla, and she compares herself to
As a child she has a nightmare about a gorilla, and she compares herself to a dandelion because it is so ordinary. After her husband is laid off, she works for Mrs. Burns-Cooper, who condescends to her, and when she takes her daughter to Santa Claus, she is outraged when Santa will not see her daughter. Her husband does not gain entry to the Foxy Cats Club, and she is hurt when he dances with a red-haired woman and ignores her. She does not blame her mother for liking her sister Helen better, assuming that she does so because of Helen's lighter skin. Her marriage to the grocery clerk Paul Philips is sexually dysfunctional, and she spends much of her time trying to clean their dirty tenement. FTP, identify this novel about a repressed black woman in Chicago, written by Gwendolyn Brooks.
As a child she has a nightmare about a gorilla, and she compares herself to a dandelion because it is so ordinary.