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Patricia is Natasha's mother. She is very close to both of her children, Natasha and Peter, and over the last nine years that she's lived in New York, she’s become increasingly disillusioned with her husband, Samuel. While she wanted to support him and see his acting dreams come true (and by extension, see his dreams finance her dreams to own a house), she eventually gave up on his dreams of being an actor. For the last few years, she's singlehandedly supported her family. She's constantly tired and overworked, and Natasha notes that Patricia's greatest fear is getting her hopes up and having them dashed. She encourages Natasha to accept their order for voluntary removal, and the novel implies that Patricia believes there will be more and better opportunities for her family back in Jamaica. Five years after the Kingsley family returns to Jamaica, Patricia dies of an unnamed disease.
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Chapter 47
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When Natasha decides to wear hers in an Afro, it's not because she's aware of all this history. She does it despite Patricia Kingsley's assertions that Afros make women look militant and unprofessional. Those assertions are rooted in fear—fear that her daughter will be harmed by a society that still so often fears blackness.
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Chapter 83
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Yes, she'd been frustrated with him for years, but that one moment showed us all how far apart they really were now. Even Peter, who sides with my mother in all things, flinched a little.
Still. You couldn't fault her. Not really. My father had been dreaming his life away for years. He lived in those plays instead of the real world. He still does. My mother didn't have time for dreaming anymore.
Neither do I.
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Chapter 111
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Sometimes I think my mom's worst fear is being disappointed. She combats this by trying her hardest never to get her hopes up, and urging everyone else to do the same.
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Patricia Kingsley Quotes in The Sun is Also a Star
The The Sun is Also a Star quotes below are all either spoken by Patricia Kingsley or refer to Patricia Kingsley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 47
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When Natasha decides to wear hers in an Afro, it's not because she's aware of all this history. She does it despite Patricia Kingsley's assertions that Afros make women look militant and unprofessional. Those assertions are rooted in fear—fear that her daughter will be harmed by a society that still so often fears blackness.
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Chapter 83
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Yes, she'd been frustrated with him for years, but that one moment showed us all how far apart they really were now. Even Peter, who sides with my mother in all things, flinched a little.
Still. You couldn't fault her. Not really. My father had been dreaming his life away for years. He lived in those plays instead of the real world. He still does. My mother didn't have time for dreaming anymore.
Neither do I.
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Chapter 111
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Sometimes I think my mom's worst fear is being disappointed. She combats this by trying her hardest never to get her hopes up, and urging everyone else to do the same.
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