Blanche on the lam7/6/2023 Blanche reluctantly connects with Mumsfield, as his mental disorder makes him as invisible in this space as Blanche. Cousin Mumsfield is set to inherit Aunt Emmeline’s estate, and Grace and Everett treat the legitimate heir as more hired help. Her employers, Grace and Everett, live with and off Grace’s wealthy Aunt Emmeline, a recluse with an affinity for gin and a short temper. She refuses to connect personally with people whose circumstances prevent them from ever truly seeing her beyond her functionality for the household. Blanche’s responsibilities include caring for the house and preparing meals for the family, but she senses an uneasiness in this extravagantly wealthy environment and discomfort around her white employers. When she finds herself at the mercy of the city judge due to a bounced check, Blanche chooses to ignore the demands of an unjust justice system and flee to the safety of her new employers, accompanying the family to the country house. “This is how we’ve survived in this country all this time, by knowing when to act like we believe what we’ve been told and when to act like we know what we know.īlanche White is a black domestic worker with a sharp tongue, keen intuition, and an inability to stay in one place.
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