This fact, and her light green eyes, make her an outcast in her neighborhood and school. Covered in a caul at birth, Lanesha can see ghosts.
Mama Ya-Ya is especially well suited to love and care for Lanesha and appreciate a special gift she was born with. Besides being a midwife, Mama Ya-Ya is a mystic and a healer, a practitioner of the old ways that crossed the oceans from Africa. Mama Ya-Ya has been teaching Lanesha all her life, whether it is about the symbols used in math or the symbols that exist all around them, from the meanings of colors and numbers to the interpretation of dreams. The deep love between the two, as well as the wisdom and intelligence that is passed from one to the other, is evident right from the start. Despite the fact that Lanesha has wealthy relatives who live less than eight miles away, they want nothing to do with her and the childless Mama Ya-Ya, living on a fixed income, has gladly raised her. As always, Lanesha and eighty-two year old Mama Ya-Ya, the midwife who delivered her and raised her after her teenage mother died giving birth to her, celebrate by spending the day together gardening, cooking and having a good meal and as much cake as they can eat. Ninth Ward begins on Sunday, August 21st, narrator, Lanesha's twelfth birthday.
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