Ebook {Epub PDF} Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestics Life by Alice Childress

First published in Paul Robeson’s newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge, Like One of the Family is a wry, incisive portrait of working women in Harlem in the ’s. Rippling with satire and humor, Mildred’s outspoken accounts vividly capture her white employers’ complacency and condescension—and their startled Cited by: 8. Like one of the family: conversations from a domestic's life Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Like one of the family: conversations from a domestic's life by Childress, Alice. Publication date Topics African American women, User Interaction Count: Like One of the Family, which provides historical context for Kathryn Stockett's novel, The Help, is comprised of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge. They create a vibrant picture of the life of a black working woman in New York in the www.doorway.rung.

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