Kerri's Curse: Mixed-Blood Mother of Madness

Download or read book Kerri's Curse: Mixed-Blood Mother of Madness written by Kerri Shaw and published by First Books. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We open with the introduction of Henry and Melvina, parents to Gabriel, Nicole, Stephanie, David, and Kerri. Kerri is the voice of the story. She details the troubles of growing up in an abusive alcoholic family with a mentally disturbed mother. As David and Kerri play in the yard, Henry, often drunk, falls to sleep as Melvina engages one of their explosive arguments. Melvina, who could pass for white, often laments marrying a black man. And so, the fights ensue with the racial epithets flying. David, older and protective of Kerri, will pull her down the hall and hide in the bedroom, to listen while preparing for the worst. Kerri's Curse is the story of a family torn apart by a mother's internal battle with race and alcoholism - who believes her children are just little niggers anyway - and what the children do just to survive.