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The power of names is another strong idea in the book. Cecile changes her name to Nzila, a Yoruba name meaning "the path." It is also suggested that Cecile left her children because she could not name Fern "Afua." Delphine ponders why her mother would want to change her name since names are how we
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The theme of women's liberation and advancement in society is also presented in this book. After one of the younger sisters gets a stomach ache, Delphine goes to the store with their
Chinese food allowance and cooks real food in the previously forbidden kitchen. This causes an exchange between
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Delphine, age eleven, Vonetta, nine, and Fern, seven, live in
Brooklyn, New York. However, the girls’ father sends them to Oakland, California one summer to stay with their estranged mother, Cecile, who refers to herself as Nzilla. Cecile never calls Fern by her name, but always refers to her as
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At the rally, the sisters see their mother has been released from jail, and return home with her. Though
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