Annie

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The two motherless African-American children at the heart of “Kin,” Vernice Irene Davis and Annie Kay Henderson, who grow up as “cradle friends” in Honeysuckle, La., are easy to feel for.

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The identity of her father is unknown, but she aches for her mother who, as a wayward teenager, quickly handed off newborn Annie to her grandmother before disappearing from their lives.

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The rejection eats at Annie, who, to the frustration of all who know her—and, eventually, this reader—can’t accept her loss.

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Vernice has her sights set on college, marriage and children; Annie is mainly motivated by her obsession with finding her mother.

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When Vernice tries to persuade Annie to aim higher, she is reproached by her friend: “Stop acting like me and you knit with the same needles.”

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