Coffee can start a life just as it can start a day. Just with coffee and the exchange of their long stories. Dana tells how her parents met and went for coffee together: Dana and Gwen, the second set, know about Laverne and Chaurisse, but Laverne and Chaurisse are “under the impression that was an ordinary life.” And it was just an ordinary cup of coffee that changed it all.
Part One tells Dana’s story, and Part Two is narrated by Chaurisse. With daughters, the situation is a bit more complicated.” With wives, it only matters who gets there first. “In my mind, Chaurisse is his real daughter. “ found him first and my mother has always respected the other woman’s squatter’s rights. James comes to see Dana and Gwen once a week for dinner, but only has a little so he can eat again once he gets “home.” Gwen and Dana constantly contend with jealousy and the feeling of being “second.” Dana says:
Both of them are daughters – Dana and Chaurisse – and they are only four months apart in age.ĭana and her mom Gwen, who came along after James was already married the first time, live in the figurative shadow of James’ “main” family, Laverne and Chaurisse. It is told from the perspectives of the only child from each of the two marriages. This well-written and thought-provoking story, set in Atlanta in the 1980’s, is about a bigamist, James Witherspoon, and his two families.
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