- have two children, a boy and a girl, who definitely come after their mother, but this doesn't seem to bother anyone. ... In the meantime the life of the successful novelist fades to black. ... Generally speaking some parts are really unbelievable and the plot is far-fetched but this is it what makes the black comedy of this novel. ...
Janie doesn't discover that she is black until she is several years old, and it happens when she sees herself in a picture and realizes that she looks different from all of her white friends. ... For example, Janie's first kiss, which happens by a pear tree that Janie enjoys spending time under, happens with a boy named Johny Taylor, unfortunately the whole situation is spoiled when Janie is caught by her grandmother "On a late afternoon Nanny had called her to come inside the house because she had spied Janie letting Johny Taylor kiss her over the gatehouse", and in an attempt to lo...
