florens would sigh then, her head on lina's shoulder and when sleep came the little girl's smiel lingered. mother hunger? to be one or have one? both of them were reeling from that longing which, lina knes, remained alive, traveling to the bone.
Toni MorrisonAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 18, 1931
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