“and under whose roof Precious now lived, was queen of a Kingston household in which cockroach dared not venture, fly met sudden death, and even the fleeting glitter of the joyful firefly was extinguished with aerosol spray. She served no custard at her table, harbored no pudding, tolerated no tambrin balls, no bullah cake. She was a woman with an unbridled appetite for discipline and scrimping. In this household maid and helper came and went like summer rain. Those who stayed took fiendish deli...ght in female ruff and rule, suffered mouth crimp, and sported the bony batty of deep-water fish. Antiseptic, enema, and washrag were inflicted routinely on the children. Man was forced to walk the straight-and-narrow path and encouraged to wallow in guilt over bad habit. Belly did not grow luxuriant and demon rum was never drunk except after funerals. Into this tundra of temperance, frugality, and prudence came-to live Precious, creating the turmoil of two women under one roof. Two women under one roof: One loves pudding, the other loves bone.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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