Middle sister Vonetta takes over that role with aplomb not only because of her propensity for theatrics but also because this allows her to have a degree of power within their family. Ma Charles lives across the way from her half-sister Miss Trotter but they don’t talk to each other apart from hurling insults back and forth through a third party. In Alabama, the cultural shock they face is only the beginning of their problems: there is also the matter of meeting Uncle Darnell for the first time since he betrayed their trust, the discovery that their family has feuds and long kept secrets and dealing with the evolving dynamics within their own group. Sisters Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern travel from Brooklyn to Alabama to spend their summer visiting their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. The first two books are One Crazy Summer and PS Be Eleven
Stand alone or series: Third book in the Gaither sisters series. Be Eleven will be enjoyed by fans of the first two books as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the first time. Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winning One Crazy Summer and P.S. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that’s been keeping the sisters apart.
The two half sisters haven’t spoken in years. Across the way lives Ma Charles’s half sister, Miss Trotter. Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters, who are about to learn what it’s like to be fish out of water as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.ĭelphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. History, self-awareness, negotiated boundaries and family secrets are at the heart of Gone Crazy in Alabama, the third – and final – book in Rita Williams Garcia’s excellent Gaither Sisters series.
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