num_pages: 312
description: A fascinating novel that reworks elements of Shakespeare's The Tempest. On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces.
language: English
title: Mama Day
titlecomplete: Mama Day
characters: George Andrews, Miranda, Ophelia
genres: Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, African American, Classics, Feminism, Adult, Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 10553
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Vintage