One character created by this author fantasizes about swallowing her babies whole and throwing them from cliffs to break every bone in their bodies, has a stepmother who tries to kill her with a poisoned necklace, and conflicts with her husband Philip's first wife Moira.  
One character created by this author fantasizes about swallowing her babies whole and throwing them from cliffs to break every bone in their bodies, has a stepmother who tries to kill her with a poisoned necklace, and conflicts with her husband Philip's first wife Moira.  In addition to Xuela Claudette Richardson, this author created a character who is instructed how to grow okra and not to walk like a slut on Sundays.  This author's other characters include one who is cared for by her grandmother Ma Chess and rebels against her mother by befriending the Red Girl.  A short story by this author includes In the Dark, Wingless, and Girl.  FTP, name this author of Autobiography of My Mother, At the Bottom of the River, and Annie John.
One character created by this author fantasizes about swallowing her babies whole and throwing them from cliffs to break every bone in their bodies, has a stepmother who tries to kill her with a poisoned necklace, and conflicts with her husband Philip's first wife Moira.  
Jamaica Kincaid