Meet the Cast
The Narrator a.k.a. Mrs. Johnson a.k.a. Mom
The Incredibly Strong, Shrinking VioletThere's no doubt about it: our narrator is one tough lady. She tells us, "One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledg...
Dee a.k.a Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo
Prejudice and PrideTalking in African dialect, changing her name, freaking out over a few quilts—what is going on with this character? Dee's behavior when she first shows up at her mom's house mi...
Maggie
Maggie is a little like Cinderella: always watching her sister have all the fun, but taking home the prize in the end. Except instead of Prince Charming, the prize is a couple of quilts. But let's...
Hakim-a-barber
So we can pretty much count on one hand the things we know about Hakim-a-barber: he has a lot of hair, he's Arab or Muslim, and he might be married to Dee. Other than that though, he only has a few...