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  1. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    I didn't want to say Big Ma was right. Cecile was no kind of mother. Cecile didn't want us. Cecile was crazy. I didn't have to.
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  2. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    Although I didn't hear the door swing
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  3. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    There was also one Anthony, whose mama could spell, and one Antnee, whose mama couldn't. It
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  4. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    Cecile carried on a full conversation, on and on
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  5. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    I remember a time when smoke filled the house. Not coughing smoke but smoke from a woman's smooth-voiced singing, with piano, bass, and drums. All together these sounds made smoke. Uncle Darnell would say, "You can't remember that. You were two. Three, maybe." But I do. I still see, hear, and feel bits and flashes. The sounds of musical smoke.
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  6. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    Mission Impossible
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  7. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    That was how I knew Sister Mukumbu was a real teacher, aside from her welcoming smile and her blackboard penmanship. She asked a teacher's type of question. The kind that says: Join in."
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  8. Rita Williams-Garcia _ One Crazy Summer

    If you knew what I knew, seen what I've seen, you wouldn't be so quick to pull the plow.
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