![]() ![]() ![]() While Lutie was working for the Chandler family she was gone for long periods of time. Through a flashback to the Chandler's home in Connecticut, Petry reveals how Bub and Lutie have ended up without Jim, Lutie's husband and Bub's father. Lutie fears Bub will develop a taste for cigarettes and gin, and she also fears whatever else Lil might teach the young boy. Bub is only eight years old and Lil has him lighting her cigarettes for her and she is giving him sips of gin. Lutie and her son, Bub, have been living with Lutie's father and his girlfriend, Lil. The women in the story show how their past experiences and current circumstances makes it virtually impossible for a black woman to ever achieve anything more than what they have managed to achieve. Lutie has two strikes against her from birth. ![]() The story begins with the main character, Lutie Johnson, looking at an apartment available for rent. The novel begins in New York City on a cold and windy day in November of 1944. ![]()
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