Short Story : ' Tell Me About It '

The doctor tried to calm her down and clarify the family tree. As far as Michelle knew, her mother

about her son’s well-being, and seems to feel guilty that she urged him to make the trip,

The second section of this story begins at the funeral for Chanda’s sister Sara. Although, Chanda found it very suspicious that her mothers side of that family did not come. Which resulted in her confr onting her mother, when Chanda brought this up her mother brushed her off, but eventually relented and explained to her why their family will not come and why they did not go back to Tiro after her dad died. Chanda’s mother Lilian then began to explain how she was put for an arranged marriage, but went against her parents and married Chanda’s father instead. Ever since that incident,

This results in further communication between the two. “Mom; it was weird, how it just came out, like I’ve always called her Renata. (pg 121)” Even as Jacinda commutes with her mother there is an element of awkwardness. The communication used was a big leap for Jacinda.

2. What is Leah’s attitude to her mother at the beginning of the novel? How do you know? (page 9)

Jada was now moving rapidly onto his mouth. Her orgasm was right there upon her. She called out his name over and over. As she did that she propelled into a forceful climax. She said his name brokenly as she let go. Jada then leans forward and then falls over to the side of the

She saw Hope on the news and decided to come visit. When she was at the diner, Hope was getting upset about her mother's presence and started to

She became aware of the difficulties between the parents when her daughter called her. Ms. Saunders reported that her daughter was teaching and became pregnant and needed bed rest. There was a lot of pressure for her to go to work.

Kayla is not aware that her mother is sacrificing for the family, rather she believes that her mother is mad at her and that she has done something terribly wrong, “and it made Kayla afraid to ask what she’d

Denae’s mother, Abigail, contacted the therapist via phone seeking suggestions on how to handle a situation that occur between Denae and her friends while at school, and had resulted in Denae being threatened by them. She also stated that she and her husband were going to address the matter with the children parents, but wanted the therapist to speak with Denae’s father to help him remain calm. During the phone conversation mother continued to report of the challenges she is facing with Deane and her not adhering to her rules within the home.

“She deserved what she got for flaunting that boy around on her arm, when he should have been with my daughter!” A vein in the woman’s neck started to bulge, and Beckett knew that she had finally cracked. “For weeks Hayleigh hardly spoke! All she did was go to class and come back home just as silently as she left! I did what I had to to make my little girl

“Deidra’s here because she says she have news that concerns us all. She’s asked audience of the entire family.”

As she was stating this issue of her son, tears poured down from her eyes and distraught to furthermore talk about it any longer. It can be inferred that she was concerned about the actions of

She grieves for her beloved brother, Clifford, who was framed and imprisoned. She had a boarder

She told the story of the daughter’s aunt and the horrific story of what happened to her when she gave birth to a baby with a man besides her husband. In the end, when her mother was done telling the story, the daughter realises why the townspeople acted weird around her, saying that “ they want me to participate in her punishment. And I have” (8 Kingston). Her mother sufficed her job by scaring her daughter so she would not have children without her husband and teaching her that family respect is fragile, which was her unique way of accomplishing her