| 单词 | mama |
| 例句 | “Now everybody and their mama knows about them.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “No, she just needs to help J.T.’s mama, I think,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma always said I had the best of my mama, and now I was leaving. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Maybe she don’t care to stay out there on the farm with Son’s mama and raise chi’ren. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Would you like me to talk with your mama about it?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She said her mama rubs lard on all the places where it hurts. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore no makeup, and while Ophie had thought she was around her mama’s age, she could see now that Clara wasn’t all that much older than she was, maybe nineteen or twenty. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Certainly, sugah. Two Marines asked me to marry them before your father. Those were good days for me. I was looking and feeling good. Your mama was a dancing, finger-snapping, riding-in-fast-cars girl, you better believe.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair's curly, like our mama's was—jet-black curls that girls go crazy for. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z And I knew for sure my mama wasn’t thinking about me as she shuffled around the house in her bathrobe all red eyed and stoop shouldered. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She done hid her paper under her bed so her mama wouldn’t see it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, child, I am so sorry to hear that. Your mama said the two of you had grown close.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Are you talking about my mama?” he asked, edging forward. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “At least we know where our mamas are,” I shot back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When Ophie was little she would sit on Mama’s lap and watch, and when she got old enough to play she would take turns playing either her mama or daddy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “He’s so ugly, when he was born his mama thought he was a backward centaur—with a horse butt for a face.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We sat watching the door like we were waiting for the mama bird to bring us food. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In the morning I asked, “Is my mama here yet?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Maybe you lay down some facts about his mama. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Since my mama passed on last year, her house has just been sittin’ there empty. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I plan to tell your mama that you all were snoopin' around in my business. Puttin’ your nose where it don’t belong.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “You stay here. Help your mama and Winnie while were gone.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t care. I wanna go back to my mama’s kitchen!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the same way I felt sometimes, being friendless in a new town and not having a mama to comfort me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I smile big and bright so she knows that my mama raised me right, and I try again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “The radio said that colored boy’s mama up in Chicago is blaming everyone in Mississippi for what’s happened, said she said, ‘The entire state of Mississippi is going to pay for this.’ Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “My name’s Ben Meecham, Toomer. I live here at the house. I met your mama this morning and she seems like a real nice lady.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, at least Lolly’s shows more imagination than his future baby mama.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The mama bird doesn’t know all her work is a waste of time. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her mama asked her up front if she wanted her to say no to Big Joe. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because they had mamas and papas, too, Turner. You know about this stuff, right?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Back in the workroom, she found that they had flattened her paper bag and set out the two bologna sandwiches mama had fixed for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, my mama had to work extra for her family. They’re having a big to-do party tonight and you know white folks can’t barely do for themselves,” he says, laughing to himself. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I reckon her mean old mama never got her what she wanted when she little. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her mama has spent the last few nights sewing the school logo onto the pockets. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You bring her back that receipt, now,” Miss Fredericks, Miss Leefolt’s mean old mama, say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Kiss your mama for me,” he whispers in my ear before walking away from the tent. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Think her name was Genevieve, called her Aunt Gennie, lived up in Ohio and would check in on your mama whenever she came back home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Ford’s eyes get big, then he says, “Hot mama!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I let my mind drift into a pleasant nowhere as I breathed the mamas’ peanut-and-manioc scent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Helen and the cousins had acted cold and rude from the moment Ophie and her mama arrived in town, because it meant less space for them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk about my mama,” I whisper at the floor, but Ma hears me just the same. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Good little mamas, we said, making us some more chickens. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Little mama's boys. I look like a little mama's boy to you?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z So he whispered in my ear, "Sleep tight, sweet Pancake, your mama and the Waffle need me." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z And your mama hadn’t been sick a day in her life. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z First time I saw your mama she was reading….” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “My mama always said piecing quilts is like making friends.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “My mama,” she began, then tears filled her eyes and she gave up trying to explain. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Always ready to make me laugh with a funny story about school or church or her own mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “It’s incomplete. It’s got potential, but you gave up. Perhaps I should stop by your house with a plate of gingersnaps and have a chat with your mama.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Ophie was half afraid her mama would hit her, but that wasn’t her mother’s way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’m just trying to give them a fighting chance. Our mama taught me how to protect this family. Let me teach them. Rootwork is part of who we are.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z So I said, “Maybe your mama could buy you some manners at Korvettes.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Well, caint nobody find that mama, so Jimmy’s brother gone take him back to his place. They say he got a nice place. Inside toilet and everything.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so caught up in my thoughts that when Lettie said something to me, I didn’t even look at her and just shouted, “Your mama!” over my shoulder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Besides,” she added as an afterthought, “your mama’s in Florida. Won’t it be nice to see her?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I never be brave as lion like my mama.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “His mama and his papa showed him. How else?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The drawer that had held the majority of Ophie’s and her mama’s earnings over the past few months hung open, the money gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Based on the mama line, I assumed the former. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Something weirder than my daddy not being here: my best friend is obsessed with my mama. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z When we were bathed, our mama wrapped us in towels, led us into the sleeping room, and presented each of us with clean, sweet-smelling clothes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a fire truck go by and a little kid crying for his mama. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “Just ask your mama about the cost of that.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Now you go on and finish helping your mama get packed up.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The library and Langston Hughes ’bout the only thing that kept me going without my mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Your mama is always okay, Moss. She’s in her natural element in there.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Hazel? Hazel? It’s all right. It’s me, Stella. Don’t be scared, baby girl. I’ll take you to your mama.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Her mama got snake-bit today, sir. Real bad. She done run to the quarters to see her,” Lena explained quickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But Luis didn’t say anything about his knee ’cause it wasn’t looking too bad, and he was afraid that our mama wouldn’t let him go along to pick anymore. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama came here and left you and Jackie and Scrappy behind. Showed up on my doorstep in the middle of the night with a garbage bag full of clothes.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “When you’re seven years old and your mama waltzes out the door without so much as a goodbye, well, that’s something you don’t forget.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The worry clutching at my heart told me my mama might never get her feet on the ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Baby Girl hold her arms out for her mama to pick her up, but Miss Leefolt open a cabinet, act like she don’t see. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Don’t leave her with just Miss Taylor telling her black is dirty and her gran- mama pinching the thank-yous out a her and cold Miss Leefolt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She never worried about me being a “mama’s boy” like some folks said. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The only wise men I saw were in my mama's kitchen. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But her mama only stared at the fireplace, rocking slowly back and forth, her eyes blank and still as though her spirit had gone away and left the body there rocking on and on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you go hide under your mother’s skirts, mama’s boy?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you need to be careful about who you tell, like your mama’s told you. For your own protection.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Dray used to call me a mama’s boy. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The music was still going on when I reached the street and it took me a while to get through the crowd and get to where Big Joe and Peaches’ mama were. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sure about the place: McClellanville, South Carolina, where her mama had woven sweet-grass baskets and sold them on the roadside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked if maybe I’d come over to her place and tell her mama all about life in California. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I got challenged when my mamas boyfriend hit my head with a brick. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The way they treated us down there, I got your mama out as quick as I could. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m your new mama,” she said to both of us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hadn’t expected your mama could spare you.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I bet your mama would talk to you about it when we get back to Zmeyreka.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Anyway, I also told you all that because I don’t want you to think I’m some dingleberry weakstick whose mama is so gross that people don’t even want to eat next to me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Just because I don’t practice root doesn’t mean I don’t know a little something about what y’all are doing. Your gran was my mama too, you know.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Real mad—like a mama cow determined to keep you away from her new calf. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Will you go, child? Will you try? Your mama’s got maybe twenty, twenty-four hours.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Flora, one of the serving gals, is Hildy’s daughter. She done run down there to see to her mama,” Teenie explained. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I was awful pleased but I could barely mutter thank you when my mama nudged me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All my life, Granny told me that my mama left me behind because I was worthless. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mister Johnny’s mama brought back two crates from Mexico, heavy as baseballs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "Tell your mama I'm praying for her. Matter of fact, I'm praying for all your mamas. Knuckleheads." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to lie to my mama. She would catch me out, no problem.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Our mama and papa took us on a vacation to Vermont the day after Baby Emma left so that we wouldn’t miss her too much. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I refused to look directly at her when I replied, “I like them okay, but my mama did bad things, so social services had to take me away for my own good.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You nice like my mama. Soft like my mama.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me think about my mama and how I wanted to tell her the story about Otis charming all the animals. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you get it? This would be perfect for my mama. If we win, we could get aprons like Stephanie’s and advertise Mama’s catering business to the entire city.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Hit’s the fact thet a boy like Jesus was born to a mama who could leave Him be. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Dear mama, there, as soon as she got an inkling of the business, found out that it was of an immoral tendency. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m just trying to get Mrs. Kluckowski off my mama’s back.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Because my mama taught me never to cuss.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I pictured all those boys in that little kitchen getting loved on by their mama and that house didn’t look one bit sad anymore. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Said their mama and daddy must have drunk too much hooch before naming those boys. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You will help your mama study,” Baba commands. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You know, my mama come from Africa too,” Teenie told her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My oldest girl, Sugar, is sixteen and pretty good about keeping things neat, but I like to help her out on the weekends the way my mama never helped me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "Cool accent, foxy mama. But in America, chicks don't hold hands unless they're dating. Each other, I mean." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had forgotten about him for a minute, what with thinking about my mama. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d be happy to draw her a map to show her the way back to being my mama again. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Each time, she said, “Hi, my name’s Deborah and this is my reporter, you probably heard of us, my mama’s in history with the cells, and we just found this picture of my sister!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The mamas still made fun of me for having an ape husband, but at least they couldn’t make fun of me anymore for having an ugly ape husband. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, just like your mama,” I say back. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “My mama loves when you bring us the Sears catalog,” Claudia told him shyly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Leave me and your mama out of this,” he snapped. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She said, “I knew God didn’t want me to marry a man like him. He talks tough but inside he’s just a little bitty boy, scared of his mama. And anyhow, it’s her house.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Stella, your mama wants you to go get Doc Hawkins, and then run on over to the general store,” Papa said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry for all these long years, mama. But I could not have helped it.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The tata stared out the doorway with indifference, but the mama paid attention and nodded earnestly while Mama Boanda chattered on and on with a very long story. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and thought of my poor young mama and May’s poor mommy and daddy and my dear May herself. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “My mama made this bread,” he said, first sniffing it, then holding it close to his body. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course you are. And I’ll walk down the beach a little ways, look for mama some more there. Okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her grandma was special, her mama was special, and she special.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Your mama’s gonna make you wash your eyes out with soap when you get home tonight.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She opened the gate, and Moss fell gently into her arms, wrapping his arms around his mama and breathing into her chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "No. I know I'm something. I'm just saying that not having a mama and a daddy don't feel like nothing. It's just the way things are." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I can’t tell her I’m fired, I don’t want her to blame her mama and make it worse between em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After that, I think my mama was hoping that I wasn’t going to travel no more. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "You can either be my booty-boy and I'll protect you, or all these other dudes will take turns making you a mama." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “We don’t want to make you sad, mama.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Peaches’ mama had on an apron and she was serving up some lemonade. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d take him back to his mama if he had one. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Your mama let you go in her house? And eat out of her plates?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama said, “This is going to be a long day, Comfort. Aunt Florentine was like a mama to your daddy—she practically raised him and your aunt Goldie all by herself. Last night was difficult...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I want to tell her about what her mama used to do when she was just hatched, the silly things Mama did when she was a child. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Joe had loved her mama for a long time and he did own a Bar-B-Que joint that was the serious bomb. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just jealous of how sweet you and your mama are.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I look down at Baby Girl, who I know, deep down, I can’t keep from turning out like her mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Your mama must be wondering what happened to you.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She’d let me look at the black powder in its round tin, but say, “Don’t tell your mama, now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Babies began to cry beyond the window again, calling for mama. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Sugar’s got a boyfriend and she doesn’t want her mama to know. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “For everything you do with your brother, helpin’ your mama with the cooking and washing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was the kind of kid who made you wonder what his mama had been smoking when he was in the womb. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our mamas are sick. They need food. Will you help us?” explained Janina. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “No. What if it rains, and mama is lost in the mud?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I know how to get them babies to sleep, stop crying, and go in the toilet bowl before they mamas even get out a bed in the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Can you tell me what my mama’s cells really did?” he whispered. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “You’re not going to college so your mama’s friends don’t have to use the same bathroom as the maid.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t like lying to her mama, but she couldn’t tell her the truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Pretend there were mamas stored in a cave somewhere on the other side of the island? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She dreamed that her mama would come home. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Sure you don’t want to come in? My mama probably won’t be home, but we could have a snack.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “She’ll know more about blues than any trombone when her mama gets home.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “In my mama’s garden, I saw two or three right in front of the gate. There were dead people all over. We had to bury them.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Little Zinoviya is teething, so her mama asked for a potion for that. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “My mama needed this club. She needed the money.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It had been so many sleeps since mama had meant anything to Ess but her bracelet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Imprinting on a zoologist, not the mama goose, because he was the first one they saw when they hatched.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” said his mother, “look for the crumbs. Eat them to make your mama happy. You are such the skinny mouse. You are a disappointment to your mama. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Cecile’s not a mama,” I told him, but not angry or snippy. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Her mama must a told her I’m leaving. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Your mama used to wear this every time...” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I raised my right hand and told him, “Mr. Leroy, sir, I swear on my mama’s head that I’m coming right back.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But he just wanted to be out of the station and in the arms of his mama. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s a kind of gun, and it kills you dead. Mi mama—” His voice choked and he didn’t say any more. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t believe this was happening, and he had not prepared himself for Javier and his mama to be in the same room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was ready to go against my mama for this girl, Martin! Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Even littler than you, Mattie. So I suspect it will be okay with your mama.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He was so big his mama must have worn hula-hoops for bracelets. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I wondered what he thought about a mama who just waltzes up to Chattanooga instead of making orange Jell-O in coffee mugs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z That’s right kindly of your mama,” Mrs. Bates said, her face lighting up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But when we reach her block, she clears her throat and asks, “You know what you’re going to tell your mama ’bout today?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I haven’t seen you since we finished the house. Still as pretty as ever, mama.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Now come here and give your mama a hug on your birthday—Lord, you are heavy as a house, Minny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “That’s my play mama. My real mama is in Macon, sir.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I talked to your mama,” she said, sprinkling flour on the board, “and she talked to your daddy. I done my part. If you can think of something else, you go right ahead.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “My grandma was white and my grandpa black. My mama has pretty light skin. My daddy was white and Mexican and he had green eyes.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I would work a season and buy shoes for our mama. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I nudge her and she go hug her mama real hard, kinda desperate-like, but Miss Leefolt, she already looking in her purse for her keys, kind a wiggle off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Nobody calls Sneaky by his real name, except my mama, which is weird. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “No. But I’m sure your mama will want to know I’ve had the pleasure of your acquaintance,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z This is my mama,” he said as an old lady came up behind him and said howdy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t think about your mama, don’t think about your girlfriends, nothing. Just look around and be alert.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my mama stretches her arms out wide and curves her hands down. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That his daddy had left him when he was small, that his mama worked as a lunchroom lady at the same school where June taught. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you tell your mama and little Miss Charlie that I miss them, all right?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z That’s how it is, says Rachel whose mama is as wide as a boat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was...a kind man. He made my mama laugh, and he made us feel loved. I—we both miss him all the time.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For so long she had been wrong, wrong, wrong, making countless mistakes and never quite living up to her mama’s expectations. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then he asked her solemnly, “Will you be my mama now, Amari?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama used to tell me stories about them,” she said softly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Tell your mama her beans will go perfect with the killed lettuce. I hope Mrs. Odom is bringin’ her famous corn pone,” Stella’s mother said as she stirred another pot. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Call my mama and tell her to pick me up!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I can look after him,” she said, “as well as his own mama. She already gave him to me. Look: I’m holding him, aren’t I? I’m touching him.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Ophie moved now to stand in the circle of her mama’s arms, knowing that whatever came next would be bad but necessary. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Soon enough, the girl would forget about mama. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He said, “You and your mama were a single lot. See? The girls, they’re cheaper when they’re pregnant. Masters lose some months with her coming to bed, and the baby suckling....” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “My mama’s feet used to swell like that,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Peaches and her mama argued up one side of Big Joe and down the other but he didn’t change his mind. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you’re lucky. You just have to read to your mama and me. Do you know what you want to read for your bat mitzvah yet?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z But I am already mostly asleep again, two arms wrapped tight around my mama's hand. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The other part runs screaming worse than a four-year-old begging her mama to chase the boogeyman out of the closet and off to a place where bad dreams don’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “And her mama and daddy was trapeze artists.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She knew this would make them start pestering their mamas as to when Miss Love would be back and when would the wholesale house ship the orders. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You the one made your mama have to go round to the school. You the one the principal talking about. Why Derek got to shut up?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The way Danny the K glared at me, I could only guess his mama had given him the whipping of his lifetime the other day. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “My daddy’s in jail and my mama won’t get out of bed,” I said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A day after the Evers funeral, Miss Leefolt’s mama stop by for a visit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s go find your daddy and mama,” Stella told her soothingly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Yet, I thought, I ought to have been happy, for none of the Reeds were there, they were all gone out in the carriage with their mama. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “My mama wanted me to deliver this to you. She said to take one spoonful in the morning, but no more.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I have all my remembrances of him and how he loved my mama,” she crowed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I called my mama to tell her what happened, and she said she'll file a complaint first thing in the morning. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They had hooked up some monster amps on a flatbed truck and the usual hoochie mamas were showing off their stuff. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up out of bed and unwrapped a Littmus Lozenge and sucked on it hard and thought about my mama leaving me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama did what she had to do.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I memorized it the same way I had memorized the list of ten things about my mama. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A girl with perfect sneakers and a friend to whisper secrets to and a mama who wrote “I love you very much” on a note for me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And when Miss Celia burns the beans, I try and use some of that self-control my mama swore I was born without. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Though next time, maybe tell your mama what you’re about to do.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nobody cares that she’s bad on one whole side because they’ve all got their own handicap children or a mama with no feet, or their eye put out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And teachers said my mama must love me very much, but felt she couldn’t give me a good life. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If it comes up, you can tell them a joke about the weather or yo’ mama. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “This will be such a help. Bless—er, thank you. Thank you so much. You and your mama. Thank you both.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z You can keep your mama safe and her heart in her throat and no words coming out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “She said Al’s mama is scheduled to be on the boat March thirty-one, ten A.M. run.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “I don’t care what your mama says. She’s not my mama, so she can’t tell me what to do.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Peaches was still sitting with J.T.’s mama, kind of rocking her in her arms. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was her mama’s work song, which meant that she was cleaning somewhere off in that direction. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I am summoned because she is stuck inside her mama. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z His mama brought her hand out from the blanket around her and she put it on Peaches’ arm. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm not a mama's boy or anything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll bet his mama sang him the same song she sang to Rocky. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The pictures were inevitably crooked, part of us out of the frame, but you could always see me at least, curling into Mom—I was a mama’s girl. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z All together, my mama gave birth to thirteen children. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I’m saying your mama’s ugly like . . . ummm . . . . . . like bare feet in September! The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom said her mama helped her daddy put his coat on while his winged arm healed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Did he think his mama would like some pickled okra from the garden when it was ready? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My mama told me a long time ago, “Tyrone, if you want lunch, you better make it yourself, ’cause I got more important things to do!” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It don’t trouble me that she ain’t cute, but I try to fix her up nice as I can for her mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And that word in her mind, echoing from one side of her skull to the other, Mama, mama, mama, over and over and over again, like the cry of a faraway bird. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Ophie made another move to follow her, but her mama’s strong arms kept her anchored right where she was. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Your mama and I are having a nice talk.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I know my baby’s new mama loves her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As much as Ophie was worried about Clara riding around in Penelope’s skin, she was also worried about her mama as well. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “What did your mama keep a-tellin’ you while you be with her?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His mama and father and brothers and baby sister are all dead on the bottom of the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “How come you not in there with your mama?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t have a chance to say anything else before her mama gently took her hand and guided her from the room, Penelope following unsteadily behind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I said, “My mother don’t bake no pies. My mother writes poems about the revolution. My mama exists. Your mama’s invisible.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Mrs. Wright surprise us all one day by telling my mama that her and Massa was gonna take me and Missy up north for the summer. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We were sisters—part of a family now, with the good fortune to have found just the right mama. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring little mama’s boy up to Daddy Bull.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I think maybe your mama’s not quite right. Maybe she never recovered from what happened to your papa and brother.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The pastor shook his head but looked to Ophie’s mama as he answered. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “You got that right. And her clothes! Remember that time she went to work and we tried on all those dresses with the sparkles and the sequins? My mama was a real fancy lady.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I never see any of them in here buying milk for their mamas. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My mama is not dumb, by the way. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “His family has gone down to Pawley’s Island to visit his mama’s sister.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiger, who might think he’s equal to all those tigers in the jungle that his mama told him about, is quickly reminded to stay in his place. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir, there’s a shadow of bad luck all over you. First your daddy leaves; then your mama dies. Now poor, stupid Junior.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I said, Do not mama me. Just leave my son alone. Tell your fellow witches that you did not find him!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Eventually Mama Evangeline looked tired of batting bonobos away, so I said good-bye to the mamas and wandered with Otto back to my mom’s office. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I know lots of women who never wear the hijab. Even my mama didn’t start wearing it until after she got married.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Ophie didn’t even like lying to her mama about the ghosts; something like sneaking out was out of the question. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Sit down. And I will tell you ten things about your mama.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama know you spent her money on cookies for yourself?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A few times, though, when her mama’s gone, I still catch her trying to go in mine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “The nursery mamas will be there at dawn and they’ll help you. But in the meantime, just keep trying.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “My mama,” he replied, then gestured with his head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Through all that static and squawking, I heard your mama telling me you'd come. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Just on twelve, sir, but my mama only give me ten dollars.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if my mama, wherever she was, had a tree full of bottles; and I wondered if I was a ghost to her, the same way she sometimes seemed like a ghost to me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We went upstairs, and Peaches’ mama wanted to run up, but Big Joe kept saying everything was all right and we went slow with him leading the way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama brought me,” Tess said, passing the scale to Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Especially if I could get her on her mama’s couch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you just keep the name your mama gave you?” she said. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the phone rang in the Nelsonville house, maybe my mother was out hanging laundry on the line or down in the kitchen speaking softly with her mother-in-law, Grace, missing her own mama back home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z All she’ll say is that my mama showed up one day, dirty and stinking and toting me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the way up the mountain, I stared out the window while Howard told me about Burl buying a motorcycle and his mama being mad as all get-out. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t care if he beat me. I just wanna see my mama.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell the mama that I, his barber, said this.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I read that in a book recently. About some poor creep who liked to stick his nose in his mama’s nasty ol’ panties. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The mama eagle. Mothers always know the voice of their children.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Please, sir, I got to get to Macon. My mama’s sick.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When I go to my table and start reading, I find out Bud, the main guy in the story, is away from his mama like I am, only his mama died. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I didn't tell your mama any of this. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z My ma’s mama died of pneumonia, and we don’t ever get the chance to forget it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not stupid enough to cross a mama bear.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” he answered as I followed his long strides up the goat path, “just the way you turn and wave goodbye to Grande and mama—beats all.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the disease that stole Nate’s mama all those years ago. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “So, you see, dear one,” she said sweetly, “it was her mama’s fault the law went looking for my father on the charge of bigamy.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mealtimes were the only times her mama didn’t look worried anymore, either. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Your mama’s been hollering for you for the last half hour.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I met Ducky in the hallway at Latimer and I told him how fine his mama looked. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m tight with all of them. Being the baby and the only boy means I grew up with multiple mamas.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Their mama chatted with folks, asking about their sick grandmas and making on over their babies while their redheaded daddy mopped his face with a handkerchief. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It occurs to him that he dialed SJ before he called his mama. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her mama opened the door and gave me one of those looks that would have killed a little dude. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “You’re always pulling your head inside your stupid old turtle shell. I bet you didn’t even go out looking for my mama when she left. I bet you just let her run off, too.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As the political upheaval settled down, the mamas would take care of him alongside the other nursery bonobos — but it was only because he’d bonded with me that he’d pulled through and survived. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Bertha knelt in front of me and took both my hands in hers and said, “Your mama loves you very much, Charlie. But sometimes, she just loses her way.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Peaches is not the kind of girl to get messed around easy but I was there when her mama told her about Big Joe. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore one of mama’s discarded dresses hacked off ankle-length in the front to enable him to walk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Jews believed that their Messiah was yet to come, mama said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, I know my mama’s still fussing about me up there.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She’d just seen Daddy the night before when he came into her room to wake her up and tell her to get her mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My mama and her boyfriend was fighting, and I turnt the TV up so I could hear my show. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What I can’t get hold of is why, knowing what she did, my mama didn’t take me with her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As her mama tears touched their black fur, the cubs shriveled and shrank. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “My mama says I lead with my heart, but...that I have to learn how to think with my head. I’m still working on it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “They don’t let colored folks in libraries, baby. Now go fetch some eggs for your mama so I can start this cornbread.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He thought about his mama and how pretty she was. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama would be so mad if she saw me using this shortcut,” I say. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She couldn’t explain the nervous feeling to her mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “My mama told me to sell her for a dollar,” I said, feeling that I was being too aggressive and trying to switch the moral blame for my aggressiveness to my absent mother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And sometimes, late at night, Charlie would just start talking, telling me stories about how things were before I was born—memories of him and our older brother, Ty'ree, and my mama and daddy together. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z We play together on my mama’s bed, and later I get strong enough to pull up on the door ledge, and I pull Lally up, too. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because,” said Old Tallow, “you weren’t with your mama, then.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Since you worked all those years for her mama?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Baby Girl’s got red sticky all over her face, hanging on to her mama’s knees trying to get her to look at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “And I told him I would,” her mama said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Fisher Man was just sittin’ up there with his mama and papa. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Tidbit, you no slave. You free man, just like your mama dream. You never be slave again.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His mama, my aunt Goldie, pulled into the front parking lot in a long blue car with fins on the back for taillights. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell you though, it was something to do with her daughter. Coming to see your mama.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Henry I’m sorry to tell you mama is doing poorly. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She began carting out her mama’s food, but once the boys were back, they plunked the chairs down and organized a massive game of capture the flag. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Now, you be careful on that train, and don’t you dare share this with any strangers. You take care, Mr. Hiram, and be sure to say my hello to your mama and daddy.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Licking his fingers, Tidbit said softly, “I miss my mama.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I gotta go do something. Distract my mama, just for a minute, okay?” she begged. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I watched my ghost mama for a while. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “All I’m saying,” said Billy, “is your mama would be better off if she kept one eye on her husband and one eye on Aileen.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “My mama wouldn’t let me go downtown without her.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Compliments to your mama. Listen, I might have a fix for your problem,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Reaching in the back of the wagon, Toomer chose a bunch of wilted flowers wrapped in Spanish moss and said, “Give these flowers to your mama when she gets home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t what Jinny meant to say, but the words that slipped out of her next were “I’m not your mama. I’m just...me.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But Nelson has gone somewhere and his mama dead; I wonder where and I can’t remember the song we sang to the chickens. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get over here, mama’s boy,” Bull said, motioning to Ben, “and let’s you and me finish this game.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt setting at the head and to her left be Miss Hilly Holbrook and Miss Hilly’s mama, Miss Walter, who Miss Hilly don’t treat with no respect. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She run straight to her mama and stick out her chin and then she jerk the phone cord hard as she can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I want my mama,” Gerald said, the tears filling his eyes again. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This place is just for mamas. It’ll help me be a better mama to both of you. I want that more than anything right now.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her mama and papa are there to see about her,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She had a profound moment of helplessness before she hefted the ceramic pitcher and went to fetch water so her mama could wash her face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Will you fight, or will you hide behind your mama’s apron like a little girl?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ophie picked her way out of the woods she saw them in the yard; the pastor and his wife were standing near their big car, holding Ophie’s mama in a comforting embrace. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His mama had always been so good at this stuff. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Junior is a wino who does little odd jobs around the block, but anytime any trouble goes down his mama starts running around screaming for him like he’s four or five years old. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is our chance for something better. Alabama was my home too, but after your mama passed...” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I tole my foster mama good-bye, promised I’d let her know how I was doing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But...what if the truth just pushed her mama further away? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Since then, she had to be a mama and a daddy. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Of course she didn’t say it in front of Kitty’s mama, who was really upset about the whole thing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So he said, “At least my mama can shake and bake. Your mama can’t bake a pie because your mama don’t exist. Your mama’s the invisible mom.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Rappers and basketball players were always talking about buying their mamas houses and cars. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “You know how your mama looks at you just before you go to sleep? That worried look when you stay out with Hushpuppy too long?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cause my daddy was white. I got the tall from my mama.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Do you girls really find it so easy to lie to your mamas?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was like I had just said, “Yo, your mama got next,” or something crazy like that. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I knows it’s back talk but I says, ‘Please, ma’am, caint I see my mama for just a minute?’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z You just accept the premise that yo’ mama is dumb and we move on from there. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she said, “I heard a lot of stories about my mama this summer. I had a good time in Mobile.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I got to get used to my mama getting married, Squeezie,” Peaches said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You go whistle for your mama. We’re sailors, not soldiers, see?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how y’all do up in New York, but down here, we don’t just go callin’ people’s mamas names.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Enough gossip. I can take watching over the missus from here. Your mama is waiting downstairs for you, better get a move on before it starts raining again.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then Grandpop said, “I’m joking. 646-555-8349. I can tell you your daddy’s cell, your mama’s cell, and their work numbers too, if you like, boss. And your address.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Every time Mom walks by, Ford goes, “Hot mama!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Not like her sister, my mama, who went for days without saying a word. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “No old mama to protect ye this time,” Matthew says, swinging his machete back and forth, like he’s trying to cut the air into slices. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Your mama swears she doesn’t look a day over twenty-five,” Shamika shot back from the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mama and Aunt Rose laughed, and as Aunt Rose began to run water to wash the plates, Ophie tugged on her mama’s sleeve. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “One of those girls on your mom’s committee came by, and well, my mama won back in ’77. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She said her mama had always wanted to go there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Oh, the deep blue eyes framed by thick lashes that stared straight into a little girl’s heart and the perfect miniature hands extended, appealingly asking, “Please, won’t you be my mama?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Walk up to her and say, ‘Hey, mama, let’s you and me start working on the lambada so we look good for the natives at the dance.’ 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I think that if my mama hadn’t been so shocked at the condition of my legs, she might have been able to respond. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Clayton said this knowing his mother was a “mother” and not a “mama.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z That way, if my mama ever came back, I could recognize her, and I would be able to grab her and hold on to her tight and not let her get away from me again. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Ophie stared at the wall in front of her while her mama continued to speak. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My mama went up to her pa and kissed him and, crying, hugged Miss Love, who, crying, hugged her back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “No mama. We don’t have mamas here. But it’ll be okay. I promise. You just need to climb out. Now.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Smoked ham, bacon, a bucket of salt mackerel, flour, cornmeal, grits, raw sweet potatoes, lard, coffee, a tin of butter, some store bread, and a can of beaten biscuits that Dunse’s mama made. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I turned back to my work, made a check mark on my paper, and at full voice, began singing a tango that my mama switched off every time it came on the radio. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “When the census came around, my mama told them to put ‘colored’ for our household. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Well, it probably won’t live. They say the way her mama beat her she lucky to be alive herself.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Said Lula was screaming and thrashing, trying to get her mama to come back to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You know, you are the spitting image of your mama.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I noticed right off that they ate more meat than I got at home, but then again the biscuits weren’t as good as my mama made for us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. What about Lootie Bell in her costume, wanting to dance for her mama?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “One time I said something like ‘You mind your mama,’ and she stuck out her tongue and said, ‘You’re not my mama!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A creeping gloom unfurled in her chest, the same kind of bleak feeling she got when she’d broken a rule and knew her mama was fixing to be cross with her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Even though Todd was a puffy, rich old mama’s boy who wore a robe and slippers he could hit like a mule and it wasn’t too long before I’d decided enough was enough. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “You be with your mama right now. She needs you.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Oh! My mama told me to tell you—Uhh...Hold on.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Henry, let the boy be. Ain’t nothing wrong with him spending time with his mama.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Your mama told me about the dog,” he said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands and voice carried a gentle calm, like my mama’s. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Your mama and I have been married seven years already.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All we children sleep in one bed, but my mama and father have their own bed, with curtain. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would your nice mama think of you now? You stop this.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He loved Mom’s Texas cousins, but all of them, five wild little girls and their grumpy mama, lived in a tiny little house. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Now that Declaration had spent a whole summer with Grandmother Lucy and all her mama’s relatives, I’d have to wait a long time for all the latest advice to wear off. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Next to them sat a Jewish mama who clutched a large six-year-old boy in her arms and wept and kissed his forehead passionately from time to time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The children on TV had mamas, though, and Matt had fallen into the habit of thinking of Celia that way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ain’t hungry. I want some...some female companionship. I ain’t even talked to a woman since your mama run like a fool in front of that car. Come here!” he commanded. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She get the same wrinkle between her eyebrows when she worried, like her mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When I was comfy, I would ask, “When can I see my mama?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I push back on Mae Mobley real gentle and she looks at me, then over at her mama through her sleepy, fever eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And then, before the old man could ask any questions, she sprinted back over to where her mama stood waiting. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Peaches’ mama had her hair done real nice, up off her neck, and she was so beautiful that I cried, which was no big thing because I always cry at weddings. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I was reluctant to touch any of it, but then I saw my mama and papa picking up fruits and piling them into a cart, and I joined in. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama sent pinto beans,” she announced, placing it on the table. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He listened to Shamika and his mama gossip as he did the dishes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe I know why my mama left Granny’s place. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nobody responds, so he continues: Y’all know what the mama turkey said to her naughty son? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “I...I don’t know. It must have fallen off, back in our cabin. Why don’t we finish lunch, and then I’ll go put mama back on. Okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “She came in on the train without a mama or a daddy, didn’t she? It was all the talk at the five-and-dime.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “My mama said so. My mama said you ruined.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you can start by whipping us up one of your slap-yo’-mama dinners.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “What are you, some kind of hippie now? God, your poor mama must be so embarrassed of you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Tell your mama I got a purty little bracelet made of purple glass that I been savin’ just for you, Stella,” Spoon Man called out. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mama loves me—she takes the time each mornin’ to make me a nutritious, delicious luncheon! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You tell them your mama’s an English teacher, and in this house we speak only the King’s English.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurry so she won’t have to set with her mama for too long. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Your mama told my mama all about this brand-new ice cream you cooked up, so I convinced her to bring me. She’s parking the car.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I hope your mama tears you up and down.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, not all the time. I mean, most of the time. But my mama comes to visit a lot and she’s always writing these notes.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “No ma’am. Just a name my mama and daddy picked out, I guess.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z "Your daddy used to say this thing was so good they'd make you slap your mama," Ma would say, nibbling the top of the cupcake. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Howard’s smile faded and he said, “Do you think your mama will let you keep him?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I look up to see a mama barn swallow skitter off from her nest for more food. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I smell my mama’s blood and, alarmed, I hear from the walls and floor of the cave the booming, booming, of her heart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Said I was no good like my mama. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Perching on a wobbly kitchen chair, balancing the plate on her lap, she set into devouring foods seasoned by other mothers’ hands—familiar, yet different from what her own mama cooked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You must be glad to have your mama here,” he said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He stuck a broccoli spear in his mouth and chewed on it, his eyes locked with his mama’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wish my mama was alive to see this day no matter what happens,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He said, “Is that your invisible mama’s coat?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I got took away from my mama, and the doctor say that I got brain damage from that brick. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It’s gonna be okay, baby. Let me talk to your mama.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She rather be setting out here with the help than in there watching her mama look anywhere but at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My mama was a crack ho, so I wasn’t gonna be too smart no how. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was also one Anthony, whose mama could spell, and one Antnee, whose mama couldn’t. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “He way older than me. Matter of fact, I barely saw him because he had already been drafted into the army. But his mama used to babysit me when I was a little girl.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After making sure that Peaches was okay, Mrs. Jones helped J.T.’s mama to stand up and Big Joe carried her in his arms all the way downstairs and up the street to Mother Fletcher’s house. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was hoping you was back in Harlem getting loved up by three big-hipped mamas and wearing you some wing-tipped kicks by now.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama’s a Baptist, too, but she what you call a sore-feet Baptist. Your feets get sore enough, those mojo ladies start looking pretty good. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were alone Tea Cake wanted to put his head in Janie’s lap and tell her how he felt and let her mama him in her sweet way. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Your mama said she would pay, and she hasn’t sent one zloty. No money, no food. And if the girl won’t clean, she’ll take the back of my hand.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “So your mama ties a mitten to the pump handle,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a rule that when Papa came home late, mama was to open the door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can go to her mama’s work place, but it’s way over by the lake.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have a mama around to teach me things like that. But I bet you know. I bet you could teach me. Please.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They’re dilated, frightened, drowning in wartime memories, maybe drowning in his own dreams of his daughter, my mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She was used to having Mama snoring softly next to her, and she realized that she missed the closeness, even if it was when her mama was asleep. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I made sure I said her name good and country like her mama would. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to, either, but your mama’s working hard to give you the same thing I wanted for my daughters—a better life. You will both figure it out.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z And a man’s voice crooning, Do you see your mama? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I guess your mama didn’t forget everything I taught her.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I knew it,” Moss’s mama said, and she brought over a plate stacked high with chicken. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The young eagle tucked his head in his wings and scratched in the dirt sorrowfully. The mama chicken walked in that funny chicken strut over to him. ‘ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But when she tried to talk, the words died in her throat, and all she remembered was the way her mama had snapped at her back in Georgia. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My mama didn’t even have her ears pierced. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The mama tried to intervene when she could, but she knew that children had to find their own way. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mom is reassuring, like a mama bird who knows we are ready to fly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Her mama gets out of bed every morning and her daddy is not called Scrappy. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z You hear the news on the radios of people who got a reason to get up early and you hear mamas yelling for their kids who go to school to wake up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Buddy Ray’s smile would make small children flee to their mamas. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Buck added, after a moment of concentration, “You sisters couldn’t blow your noses without your mamas!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is your mama here? Or your papa? Perhaps they can fix it.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I tell my seventh-grade teacher I ain’t coming back to school cause I got to help out my mama, Miss Ross just about cried. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Now your mama just takes good care of you, of all of us.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty- six years old and I can still hear my mama telling me, It ain’t nobody’s business. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “This isn’t old. My mama—mom made it for me.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “At least my mama don’t make me wear the same clothes every day!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Helping Clara get justice was the right thing to do, and just like Aunt Rose’s mama, Ophie intended to do the right thing, even if it was hard. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She would do just about anything to see her mama smile like she always did when she crowed, “King me!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I thought your mama didn’t allow you to ride with us.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “It’s just him and me. My mama died when I was small.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z If someone says, “Yo’ mama’s so dumb she sold her car for gas money,” you don’t say, “Yeah, but why? Was she properly aware of the long-term consequences?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There were five of them, Violet the third, and they all came in the house finally and said mama; each one came and said it until she said uh huh. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a monocle, which Ophie had only ever seen once before; the ticket clerk in Atlanta had worn one when she and her mama booked passage north. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Cause I don’t need your mama hassling me about mixing you up in my business. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well, I can see why she’d say it but nowadays everybody’s gay this and gay that. There’s still such a thing as an old-fashioned mama’s boy. All Francis needs is a girlfriend.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I had become, myself, the mama I’d searched the cliffs for once in vain. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Grief-stricken, I sobbed, “Please! Please! I want to be with my mama! Bury me too! I don’t want to be alive! Nobody loves me!” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The question from his mama hit him square in the chest, and he actually choked on one of the biscuits. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Despite these grown-man touches, there was much of the mama’s boy to Presto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You are both Black, and your mama taught you to hold your heads up and be proud. You’re Turners, and that comes with a legacy.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I give you two cookies,” I say even though her mama always getting on me about making her fat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I fell asleep, desperately missing my mama and papa. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the witness stand, Jus wishes he could go back to the days when all he had to worry about was his mama not liking his girlfriend. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It made Ophie feel some kind of way whenever her mama said it, like they weren’t even allowed to remember Daddy, like he’d been erased from their world. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Good-bye, my child,’ the mama chicken said tearily. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You skinny little weakling! Your mama had lots of boyfriends. You ain’t none of mine!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I fed them, they’d think I was their mama. You know what imprint means?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Your mama, she looks old now. My mama does, too. And you like the boy who was waiting near the truck.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Finally our new mama took hold of our hands and led us away, and we knew that our dream of staying together was coming true. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z After looking at her report card, Lettie Taylor slouched in her seat and whispered to Ruthanne, “Charlotte better air out her black dress for a funeral, because my mama's gonna kill me.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s not much around here that a mama misses.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I had my mama just about ready to buy me that leather coat. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, too, they’d eat a newborn calf if the mama cow couldn’t keep them horned away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ophelia just came down from your mama’s room, and I was just wondering if she was wanting for anything before I got to putting together the luncheon.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “This mama don’t go on no trips ’cept this one right here. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby Girl, she looking at the door her daddy slammed, she looking at her mama frowning down at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You know your mama likes him and he’s sweet for an Old School dude,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Truth be told, I don’t think your mama’s even tried it on. Best not to tell anyone about this.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Well, your mama and I are equally proud of you.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “His mama gave the boy to me,” said Mrs. Owens, as if that was all that needed to be said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I know you 're being very good for your mama and dyedushka and babushka. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When Bertha introduced me to Howard’s mama, she hugged me and said Howard had told her about me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It reminds me of the whole person you were, beyond my mama. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “How many of you have a patchwork quilt that your mama or your grandmama sewed herself?” she asked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe they thought your mama was going to eat too much, too,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This will not be a good surprisement, and where is the mama to calm him down? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “We are not forsaking you, mama,” Andrew said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it like it was a your mama joke. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Boys I’d said “Your mama” to in the school yard because they’d said it to me first in a battle of the Dozens. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I think I heard Miss Hilly say something about that, bout her mama getting skinny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “After your mama cooks this,” he said, “tell her to take the marrow out, spread it on a piece of bread with pepper, salt, and make a nice samwish for you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Florence’s mama hadn’t a particle of taste, and Amy suffered deeply at having to wear a red instead of a blue bonnet, unbecoming gowns, and fussy aprons that did not fit. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do enough. He’s just a punk and he wears those dumb scarves like what my mama would wear.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z My mama placed her hands on my shoulders. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Your mama done raised you right,” she said with a grin. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of their laughter and conversation died as they disappeared into his mama’s bedroom to get ready. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her mama had told her all about his courage in the big war and how he'd been awarded seven medals. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “I’ll look after your mama. She’d want you in school,” Grandma said as she fixed me a big plate of fried eggs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “No, just ask your mama to come in for a minute.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Black belt. Master Kim. Tae kwon do. Paid for by my mama and my greasy granny,” he added. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ice’s mama, Mrs. Reese, had a bag and was on her way out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Charlemagne is a dumb name for a girl and I have told my mama that about a gazillion times. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She is called the Queen Mary,” said Abilene’s father, “and you and your mama and I shall sail on her all the way to London.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Your mama is glad because she know you be full of joy. That make her smile so big, that smile find you here in this far place.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were going to help your mama study,” he grumbles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When they were laughing and teasing about the baby, Ty'ree didn't care if it ever came, just so long as his mama and daddy could keep on laughing and having a good time. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “My mama always wanted us to move to Cold Sassy,” she said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “If his mama can’t cook then he don’t know what good food is and he don’t care what he give you.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z And I was certain her mama had her feet on the ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Hi, Colonel Causey, this is Mary Anne. Please pretend that you’re talking to my mama. My brother and I have been planning this for a long time.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama want you to be big boy. You know she love you, even if she can’t be with you.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But my mama told me, Never turn down a handful of money for a few hours' easy work. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Your mama was funny. She could make just about anybody laugh.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He figured his mama was probably about the prettiest woman in Manhattan. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “I says, ‘I’s sorry, ma’am, I’s just ’bout to bust from not seeing my mama!’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I hear Miss Hilly and her mama, Miss Walter, pull up the driveway and toot the horn. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He opened his mouth to say something, then looked at the gathered Ivans and said, “Why don’t we go find your mama? So I can tell you both at once.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But it was getting harder and harder to pretend, to keep this part of herself locked away from her mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Thought you said you mama give you ten dollars.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama whip me, I don’t do my chores.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yo’ teacher called here this morning, asking to speak to your mama.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “About the only thing I remember our poor mama ever saying was, ‘Carla, stop that.’” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Folks can’t like folks just ’cause they has the same mama. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama,” Jonathan repeated directly into the boy’s face and speaking very slowly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll make some extra tea for Tony and take it to his mama,” Stella’s mother told her as they pushed their way through some brambles. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And then the midwife came into the hall to announce the departure of my mama. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her chest was tight, and she couldn’t look at her mama where she knelt over Penelope. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Well, milk coffee’s what my mama used to make me when I was little.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I may not be around all the time, but I’ve always kept tabs on you and your mama.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I smile over at Baby Girl, give her a strawberry, so grateful I was here during the trouble with her mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The children he was selling were too young to know what was going on but when they saw their mamas crying they began to cry, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was shocked that back then teachers treated my mama and my uncle like they were stupid for speaking the language they learned first. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Maybe that why he be so evil—he ain’t never had no mama to love him.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie watched her mama go but remained behind to help Aunt Rose clean up the dishes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “But, mama, she’ll beat me, beat me for nothing,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s pretty hard for a young boy to fool his mama. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He a serious fellow and look not too happy to see that our mama has such a big boy as me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the reason Ophie’s mama had taken a position at Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “In daytime my mama pulls back the curtain so that we children can play on her bed. If first we brush off our feet....” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you come speak to your mama, son?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas thought perhaps it was because Old Tallow respected her mama and grandma. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “My mama always tries to get hers to do that, but it never looks as good.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Your mama said you were having a little trouble.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Next time, I’ll bring my mama’s potato salad to the gay cookout.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “My mama said get some chairs so we can eat,” Stella said, a flush coming to her cheeks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Any time I say something is stressful, my mama rolls her eyes and says, “You’re twelve, Shenice. You have no idea what that word means.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “It’s from my mama,” I said, rolling my eyes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Moss ascended the steps to the stage and found his mama crouched down behind the pulpit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And what if Pa decided I couldn’t go to the Jackson Five concert because I was shouting “Your pie-baking mama!” in social studies, like a dice-throwing hoodlum? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ophie saw how quickly and easily the Carutherses hired and fired help, and it once again lit a fire of anger in her that her and her mama’s fortunes were so out of their control. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “My mama says that old white woman where she works talked ’bout slapping her and Ma said: ‘Miz Green, if you slaps me, I’ll kill you and go to hell and pay for it!’ Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Signora Divino says, apparently to the air, “See? I knew there was a mama.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “She taught you how to make cherry cobbler. She braided your hair when you spent the night...and she listened to all your stories about your mama...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Could be that you got more of your mama in you than just red hair and freckles and running fast.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Like my mama says, we children get big mouths. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did your mama send you in for something? I just got the new crowns in.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell your mama I gave Constantine a little extra, now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "No offense, Mr. Julian," I said, "but my mama's been 'preparing me for as long as I can remember. I was still caught off guard." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Your mama always was a pretty little thing,” replied Queen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m so glad she hit me instead a her mama, cause I don’t know what that woman would a done to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’m tired of providing oversized boys with the raw material for adolescent jokes about my being a high- maintenance mama, or some sort of luxury item. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me and my mama got here like three or four years ago.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I even went to sleep at home last night thinking being around my mama would help, but when I got there, she was watchin' Judge Judy! Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Reed? Ah! mama, you mean; she is extremely poorly: I doubt if you can see her to-night.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I know your mama didn’t give you anything experimental.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “And then they turn out just like they mamas.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I start down the driveway, crying too, knowing how much I’m on miss Mae Mobley, praying her mama can show her more love. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ophie followed her mama down the hall and tried to keep the tray balanced as she marveled at the house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Well, you know your mama’s got a knack for causin’ trouble. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Where’d my mama go?” he demanded on his first day home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I mean papá’s dream about moving to California, and mama wanting us to settle along the valley—” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top a the driveway, Miss Hilly and her crazy mama near bout back over me in they car, then yell out all friendly how sorry they is. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Johnny’s mama wouldn’t let me decorate a thing. I had my way, there’d be wall-to-wall white carpet and gold trim and none of this old stuff.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ms. Ramos had told us to go after scholarships that we were uniquely qualified for instead of the ones that “everyone and their mama were going to try to get.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “What kind of a person even needs to be told such a thing? I mean, didn’t I have a mama?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Earl said that sometimes love drove people crazy, but Sadie, Peaches’ mama, said the girl was just too young to know better. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it sad to think that she’s saying “mama” to someone else? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I had a feeling that these were the kind of stories my mama would like, the kind that would make her laugh out loud, the way the preacher said she liked to laugh. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Your mama, your daddy—they were buried under the ground, but they’re stars now, girl, stars beneath our feet.’” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Your mama sure makes a fine gingersnap. My mama always says she was born to manhandle a cast iron skillet but your mama was blessed with the lighter touch of a baker.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “My mama taught it to me, and now you can teach it to your mama.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z For that I works for many famblies as a maid and raise up lots of white children for their mamas. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma shakes her snowy head and says, “She could’ve been. Had a lot of potential, your mama. Alicia was a very bright girl—and curious, like you. But she wanted an ordinary life.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z His old mama hissed something in his ear and tried to pull him away with a claw on his arm. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Her mama kept a tight rein on her and I wasn’t too sure that her mother liked me, but I came up most weekends or days that I had off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He scared of that whipping from his mama or his pops. You got a pops, Clay Bird?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The name makes me remember a story my mama told us. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, she’s birthed lots of folks around here for years. My mama says my oldest brother wouldn’t be here at all if it wasn’t for Sister Redempta.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Baby bonobos sitting on heads and swaying, trying to jump from one mama to another. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure our mama had meant it the way I did. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “My mama never told me there’d be days like this one.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama would be a lot better off if she kept her watchful eye on that husband of hers instead of on you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “He don’t know....I come by myself some Thursdays when my mama gotta work late for her family.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Your mama and daddy called. They made it back home safely. And it’s a good thing they left early, missed this here storm,” Grandma said when Genie and Ernie came into the kitchen. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When her mama came over and put her arm around her shoulders Peaches shrugged her off. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A furry white coat was draped over her stout body and she was crawling around, keeping her mama company in the kitchen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “The type of character you have and the type of character my mama has, you could almost be friends,” he said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I guess I was always something of a mama’s boy,” he says. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “I just be wantin’ to see my mama,” he said, pulling his dog closer. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I crouched down to examine their shoes, hoping that my mama would be wearing pink dancing shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie and her mama spent all their time together in silence. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She asked him to tell mama she wouldn’t be home for supper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That when he traveled the world and lived far from his mama, he was lonely too and wrote poems about it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “My mama had me first. Her mama had her second. You tell her that,” she ordered. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Unlike Auntie Fatmata, my new mama and papa didn’t use a switch to punish me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank God you’re safe. Your mama is on her way home.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ain’t here to get all up in my business, boy. I told your mama you could stay a little while, but that don’t mean you can come in here and interrogate me.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Perhaps because of Sumac’s humming, thoughts of my own mama came to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She was a shadow of the mama Ophie had grown up with, the best parts of her destroyed with a single act of violence. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, baby, I’m sure your mama would love a picture from you.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Deborah charged over to him, saying, “Hi, I’m Deborah, and this is my reporter. You may have heard of us, my mama’s in history with the cells, and we need to find some medical record.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Ophelia, honey, come over here with your mama,” called the pastor’s wife. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t play that ‘mama’ stuff, Peewee,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cecile, as in your mama? All the way from Los Angeles?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He remembered her coming out of the woods, saying that she’d given a mama grizzly bear directions. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And the key to it all was the fact that he was a mama’s boy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Don't take this personal, C.P. But her teacher’s been saying her mama’s a fool to be working with a Klansman. Other kids been fighting her over it.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She bent close and explained that she was Adele and the man was my mama’s daddy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The mamas worried about their children holed up with their husbands back in the capital. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “You go get a new one right now. Your mama take a fit, she see you. Don’t you tell anybody. I mean it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I should get another one, for your mama,” he tells us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I drive my mama’s Cadillac fast on the gravel road, headed home. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, your mama, you mind her,” he grunted when I asked him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was borned here, chile. I tolt you my mama was a African like you be, but they sold her off when I was ’bout your age.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody know that story but Miss Hilly and her own mama,” Minny says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Papa was an ardent Democrat but mama just didn’t care. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama sure does have a hand with the baking,” Mr. Jones said with an agreeable nod. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Angry that my dumb mistakes could cost my mama her job. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Your mama got plans for you, you know that? Just last week she says she wants you to come out. And now this. No, sir. Can’t have no debutante chopping cotton.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “You want me to bring my mama to Bean Heaven?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “We gotta make the best of this. For your mama. She’d be proud of you going to school. And me, making a way.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Worry was always part of her mama’s scowl, but now it etched deep lines in her brow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Like she scared her mama can hear what’s going on inside her head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Gift for your mama,” said our shrouded captain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “My mama cuts all our hair. My daddy and my grandpap and me. She cuts it all the same.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Chase, go on in and bring out that rocker for your mama.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Indeed, mama, but you can—and will,” pronounced the haughty voice of Blanche, as she turned round on the piano-stool; where till now she had sat silent, apparently examining sundry sheets of music. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He gave me a smile like, I bet your mama can’t top that. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Then how come your mama don’t let you go in her house if she so nice?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z You and your mama and your stupid sister all make me sick!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Stuart’s mama, don’t you let her scare you off. She’s just protective, is all.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ess wanted to show him her bracelet, her mama, and point out her own shoes, which she sometimes liked to visit. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Our mama shushes us, says, It's too late for presents and the like. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “But I saved it for you because I know your mama likes tongue and I like your mama. You tell her that. Hear?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When the two arcs open wide like jaws Nenny jumps in across from me, the rope tick-ticking, the little gold earrings our mama gave her for her First Holy Communion bouncing. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z So when I seed it, it was like looking at a picture of your mama when she was a girl. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Here Mia and I were, Number Twenty-Six and Number Twenty-Seven, the two least favored children from the orphanage, and we were now beloved by our mama and papa. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want mama and you don’t care about mama, and I gave mama to you and you lost her and everything is bad now.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I was intensely aware of where I sat, the volume of darkness I displaced, the shiny- smooth span of packed dirt between us, and the shocking separateness from me in my mama’s eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me your mama’s phone number, and I will call her.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Bet their mamas and daddies’ words tumble out slow and lazy just like mine. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Declaration would talk about her mama and cry into a Snowberger’s handkerchief. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it reminds you of your mama or papa, but you mustn’t be unhappy. Tonight is when we welcome them back, to let them see how we’re doing and to offer them their favorite foods.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And if someone in Daffodil Manor had had something to do with Clara’s death, Ophie felt certain she and her mama would be better off knowing that truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When I finished wringing something, I handed it to Chase or Mattie and they carried it to their mama so she could pin it to the line. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Your mama’s off getting her hair fixed. Baby Girl, you know who your mama is.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “And mama said to chop up this onion in it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “When my mama gets her feet on the ground.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My mama told me that she walked into the room one day and saw the mistress sitting right there next to the master’s bed, knitting and looking fit as a fiddle. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Miss Celia’s supposed to tell him on Christmas Eve, after I leave, before they go over to Mister Johnny’s mama’s house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “My mama gave me this before I left Virginia, a long, long time ago. And I suppose you already figured that I’ve got some salt.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I want to ask where her mother went, but that’ll probably make her ask questions about my own mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So that was what happened to Peaches and her mama, and to J.T. and his mama. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That was when my mama realized the dead woman was stealing her husband’s breath, using it to make her stronger.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z So she already done had this talk with her mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She told us how the girl didn’t have a mama, poor thing, and also didn’t know how to do her wash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s so hard to find what my mama calls modest clothes in the regular stores. You know, long enough to cover your butt, half sleeves or longer, not so tight you can’t even breathe.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “My mama says you should never keep your troubles to yourself. She says if you share ’em with somebody, they get smaller.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Suppose one of the kids gets sick and can’t nobody find the mama cause she holed up somewhere with you?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t think so. Did you know Hitler and the Nazis might kill the Jews? My mama said that.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Finish up that milk and get to bed, I know you and your mama have a long day tomorrow. How was your first day of work?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “After your mama passed, I knew I couldn’t stay. For me, Alabama is her and us. Without her, ain’t nothing left for me there.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, really? Long like you ain’t your mama’s little boy no more, long?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I gotta go home and tell my mama about what I seen. I live right down there. In that yellow house. That’s my mama on the porch. You see her? She’s waving at you.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Will you be wantin’ her mama, sir?” the auctioneer said to Mr. Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat at the little wooden table in my mama’s kitchen eyeing that caramel cake on the cooling rack, waiting to be iced. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I know your mama’s name, son. I’ve known her a long time, although she and your daddy like to forget that.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I called him Mamaji, mama being the Tamil word for uncle and ji being a suffix used in India to indicate respect and affection. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama has buckets of sunflowers downstairs,” said Peach in a shaky voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her mama and the coffee can were both gone, and for a moment she feared the worst. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell my mama what a bad cook I am, and you have a deal.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And she always brought your mama books from up North. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Ophie slowed, letting go of her mama’s hand only long enough to feel for the armlike branch that marked the entrance to the burrow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It looked so pretty that it made my heart feel funny, all swollen and full, and I wished desperately that I knew where my mama was so she could come to the party, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell your mama, but I think you might have learned how to brew the perfect pot of coffee!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, not a regular orphan. I had people and all, but my mama died and nobody would take me in. It was on account of the way she died that nobody would take me.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My mama was really something when she got mad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “We’d better get home and tell our mamas that we didn’t catch any frogs and that Mrs. Clayton could use some tending to.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your mama will get us if you get any dirtier.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I waved at the woman on the porch and she waved back, and I watched Sweetie Pie run off to tell her mama about Otis being a magic man. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Your mama know you out here in the street? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t give him up. Not after what I promised his mama.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I am like my mama in that I like to be told stories. But before you start telling it, can Winn-Dixie come in and listen, too? He gets lonely without me.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Must be something you know. What your mama teach you growing up?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “But what if your mama don’t get her feet on the ground?” he said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Just instantly go back to the determined, fearless mama bear she was when I was eight? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Her forehead is all wrinkled up, just like when her mama fuss at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “He’s been asking my mama to marry him for the last year,” Peaches said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was younger than the other two mamas, and in past summers we would spend hours in the nursery, doing each other’s hair. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Your mama wanted me to tell you it’s time for breakfast,” Anya said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She was right there, but they didn’t even notice she was alive She was scared about what they said and I heard her talking to my mama about it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gus and Bertha told my mama you were coming. They go to my church and I gave them a cat one time,” Howard said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But what if her mama answer, or her daddy? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I appreciate seeing a child adoring they mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I never seen my mama scared, never seen her not know what to do.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ophie carried dishes to the sideboard to be served and cleared dirty plates to make way for the next course, her mama kept giving her proud looks across the room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Be good to your mama, now,” she said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She ask me what happen with her old maid Constantine and her mama, and I go cold. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Your mama and me,” she said, pointing to the handwriting on the back. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And gradually, he lowered his guard enough to talk about his mama and papa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s time you knew the whole story. When I brought you home with me six years ago, after the fire, your mama was tried on child abandonment charges and was sent to jail.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean tell you what it’s like to work for... your mama?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Does your so-called life involve that little hot mama from dance class? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Tonight I’m going to fry up that okra in some cornmeal and eat like my mama never let me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ophie dashed away her tears and turned to her mama, who was giving her a look somewhere between confused and irritated. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z |
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