Can’t Quit You, Baby
Can’t Quit You, Baby by Ellen Douglas, published by Penguin in December 1989, is a literary work that explores the complex relationship between two women sharing a household in Mississippi for fifteen years. The narrative centers on Cornelia, a wealthy white woman, and Tweet, her black housekeeper, as they navigate their intertwined lives filled with moments of uncertainty and resilience. The book delves into themes of transgression, guilt, and the bonds formed through shared experiences.
Readers will find a poignant portrayal of the characters’ struggles and the dynamics of their relationship, highlighting the contrasts in their backgrounds and the support they provide each other in times of need. The story reflects on memory and illusion, offering insights into the human spirit’s resilience. This edition contains 288 pages and is presented in English, making it accessible to a wide audience interested in contemporary American literature.
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“It is rare when a book this fine enters the world of contemporary American literature.” – The Boston Globe
Two women share a Mississippi household for fifteen years, rolling out piecrusts and making conversation. Cornelia is rich, white, and pampered, the mistress of the house, who oversees a seemingly perfect world of smooth surfaces and stubborn silence. Tweet, her housekeeper, is a poor, black, world-weary woman with a ghost-ridden past. As the years go by, Cornelia and Tweet each endure moments of uncertainty and despair; each, in her time of need, is rescued by the other.
In the footsteps of Southern writers like Peter Taylor, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O’Connor, Ellen Douglas celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit in this story of two women bound by transgression and guilt, memory and illusion, gratitude and love.
“Ellen Douglas is not just one of our best Southern novelists. She is one of our best American novelists.” – The New York Times Book Review
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