How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Momma matters to me," Sammy said, his chin stubborn.
"She went off and left you," their grandmother said.
"She wanted to come back," Sammy said.
"How do you know that," their grandmother said. She didn't ask it, she said it.
"Because she loved me. Didn't she, Dicey?"
"Yes, she did. She loved all of us," Dicey said.
"Humph," their grandmother said, reaching for another crab.
The Tillermans had won that battle. Dicey knew it. She knew it as close to her bones as she knew that Momma did always love them. (2.8.235-242)
No one talks about their Momma. Even after all the kids have been through, they don't blame their mother. She was sick and she left them, but she didn't want to leave them and she did love them. They may be abandoned, but they still have people who care about them.