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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Summary & Study Guide Description
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Both "family unity" and "the influence of our past heritage on the present" are interwoven throughout the novel Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. The family of Sweet Theresa Pratt, or Tree, is quite small. She loves her brother Dab with a fierce devotion, and she longs for the presence of Vy (short for Viola), her mother who works away from home as a practical nurse, leaving Tree and Dab alone for weeks at a time. Although Tree misses her mother, she does not resent her absence; she accepts this way of life, and her love for her mother is reflected in her name for Viola or Vy; it has been contracted to Muh Vy or M'Vy—the name Tree utters with love and longing. Her love for Dab is equally strong. Even though he is older than Tree, because he is retarded, she takes care of him. She assumes the ordinary routine...
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