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...lued traditions in family and she tries to hold on her sense of self. Her life revolved around trying to keep her small family together. She wanted her daughter Serena, to have a father in her life. Her man, Eugene, was in and out of her life. He left her alone for eleven months, sick, with a one-month-old baby. He did not have a steady job, and when Ceil told him that she was pregnant he seemed very unexcited about the thought of another child. She felt pressured by Eugene to have an abortion. He didn’t want to have another mouth to feed. Although he never came out and told her to terminate her pregnancy, Ceil did it to please him. She would have turned herself inside out for Eugene. Most critics consider Naylor one of America's most talented contemporary African-American authors. Her success probably stems from her exploration of the African-American experience. She stresses that African Americans must maintain their identity in a world dominated by whites. After presenting a loose community of six stories, each focu...