As a child the protagonist of this novel plays with Shelby and Eleanor, who call her Alphabet.  She 
As a child the protagonist of this novel plays with Shelby and Eleanor, who call her Alphabet.  She complains about her first husband's big belly, mule-foot toenails, and aversion to washing his feet before bed.  Tony and Coker help build her second husband's store, where she works with her hair covered by a kerchief.  While there after that man dies she meets a man who entertains her with his guitar and checker games, with whom she eventually goes on de muck picking beans.  However, a rabid dog bites him in the face and she shoots him in self-defense, after which the protagonist returns to Eatonville.  FTP name this novel about Janie Crawford by Zora Neale Hurston.
As a child the protagonist of this novel plays with Shelby and Eleanor, who call her Alphabet.  
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