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Mrs. Daquin

A woman who times her entrances like stage cues, Mrs. Daquin navigates colored society's rituals of propriety while steering her stepdaughter Mimi toward an acceptable future.

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First appearance: flight

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Mrs. Daquin moves through the drawing rooms of Atlanta's Black elite with calculated grace, arriving twenty minutes late because she knows a dramatic entrance is worth more than punctuality. At Mrs. Hunter's reception,…

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LSLizzie StoneJRJerry ReedGEGeneMDMimi DaquinJDJean DaquinMDMrs. Daquin

Relationship types

  • Family
  • Other

Character groups

  • Daquin Family Circle
  • Background and Peripheral
  • Protagonist

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SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Mimi’s emotional peak occurs as her guilt over accepting sympathy under false pretenses intensifies to the poi…

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