![]() ![]() Clover has to get used to not just her step-mother but also the food she cooks in the house. The culinary differences relate to not just black and white food but also rural and urban food. The family has clear notions about what white people eat. Sara Kate cooks and eats food that strikes her new family as strange. It is Sanders’s view that the differences among people in Clover are not just about color but also involve cultural and culinary differences. She resents Sara’s presence in Clover’s life. Aunt Everleen considers her a fancy woman who will not last long among them. But her husband’s family does not know what to make of her. Sara Kate takes her responsibilities seriously. She has lost her husband who had been married to her for just a few hours. Though Sara Kate means well, she is herself confused. She has to contend with loss and uncertainty. ![]() She expects a purple cycle but gets a white stepmother instead. Clover is the ten year old black girl who has been promised a surprise by her father. ![]()
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