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song on a borrowed piano; the narrator dislikes this, stating it is being played wrong and feeling that her source of resiliency has been warped. However, the other guests like the new song. Later, the narrator receives a thank-you note and ÂŁ5 from the man, who writes that he has sold the song and that she was "quite a help" inspiring him. She is initially horrified, grieving that the song - a symbol of her struggle - was the only thing she had. However, she eventually concludes that the song was sung for her, and that, no matter how the song is played now, it will make no difference to the song she heard. With this in mind, she muses that people can play it how they like and 'let them call it jazz', and buys a dress with the money.
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The narrator lives in the home for a week but is unable to find work, instead passing her time thinking, drinking and singing. She is scrutinized by her neighbors, who disparage the narrator's lack of work, drinking habits, and singing; one couple is also overtly racist and sexist towards her. The
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The plot of the story follows the life of the narrator (Selina Davis), a biracial Afro-Caribbean woman in mid-20th-century
England. The narrator is living in London and trying to find work as a seamstress, but her cultural views conflict with those of her British acquaintances. At the beginning of
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