The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Ernest J. Gaines, 1971
Random House
272 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780553263572
Summary
The "editor" introduces the novel by explaining that after days of asking Miss Jane Pittman to tell her story to him, she finally did in the summer of 1962. He wants to hear her history because he is a teacher and her experiences have not been included in the history textbooks he uses.
The teacher records Miss Jane as she speaks. Miss Jane is over a hundred years old, however, and sometimes forgets things. When she does so, her friends fill in the gaps with their memories. Since a group is contributing to her story, the editor feels that the tale belongs to all of them.
Some time after the story has been gathered, Miss Jane dies, and the editor meets many of the people from her life at her funeral. Upon meeting them, the editor again reflects that Miss Jane's story applies to all of them not just herself. (From Wikipedia.)
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