Which detail in the chapter best clarifies this central idea? "O
Her pay at the end of each day was a plate of food. She used to say it was the best food she'd ever eaten because it
was something she had earned on her own."
"My mother never sat me down and told me the whole story of her life in Transkei. She gave me little bursts, random
details, stories of having to keep her wits about her."
O "If my mother had one goal, it was to free my mind."
O "That's where my mom would let me drive. On the highway. I was six"
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