Blues Ain't No Mockingbird Study Guide

One of more than a dozen short stories gathered in Toni Cade Bambara's Gorilla, My Love, "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird" is the tale of an impoverished black family as told through the eyes of the young granddaughter. The story opens as two children, Cathy and the title's unnamed narrator, are jumping atop a frozen puddle, waiting for their turn in the tire swing occupied by Tyrone and Terry, the neighbor's twin boys. (read more)