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  1. Terry MacMillans first novel “Mama” is a story that is unflinchingly honest in its portrayal of the motherhood struggle. At first glance, it seems the society only expects a mother to simply do what is best for their children, which is to love and protect them.

  2. Jan 1, 2001 · Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama , a survivor who’ll do anything to keep her family together. In Mildred’s world, men come and go as quickly as her paychecks, but her five children are her dream, her hope, and her future.

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  3. The explosive novel that introduced the world to #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan. Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama, a survivor who’ll do anything to keep her family together.

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  4. Jun 5, 2023 · In Mama, McMillan captures a life not just a moment. The reader follows the main character’s evolution from a struggling young wife to an abandoned mother, a rudderless middle-aged woman, and finally as the matriarch of grown kids she still desperately wants to nudge in the right direction.

  5. Jan 13, 2024 · Lyrically, the track delves into the story of a young man consumed by an infatuation with a disinterested prostitute, whom he refers to as “Mama”. Echoing Oedipal undertones, the song’s inspiration stems from a novel Phil Collins encountered, David Niven’s The Moon’s A Balloon.

  6. Themes. Characters. Critical Essays. Characters Discussed. PDF Cite. Mildred Peacock, a black mother of five. Mildred struggles to rear her children during the turbulent 1960’s and 1970’s. She has...

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  8. Mama , a first novel, tells of a proud black woman, Mildred Peacock, and her five children. After a violent fight, Mildred throws her drunken husband out of the house.

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