An encyclopedia entry for African American novelist Tina McElroy Ansa is presented. McElroy's first novel "Baby of the Family" attracted reviews and respectable sales attributed to her accessible yet lyrical style of writing. The novel is classified as a bildungsroman or coming-of-age novel that centered on Lena who was born with a caul on her face signifying her possession of healing powers in African American folk culture.
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