Book Title: THE QUEEN OF SUGAR HILL Character Name: Hattie McDaniel   How would you describe your family or your childhood? We are full of love and joy. Unfortunately, love and joy don’t pay the bills, so we lived a life of abject poverty. My daddy was disabled from the war. He suffered some serious injuries – physically and mentally. That kept him from holding down a job. And since he was a proud man, that took its toll on him. The government wouldn’t even give Daddy his pension because he couldn’t produce a birth certificate. He was born a slave! His Master didn’t give him a birth certificate. Anyway, Mama tried her best to make ends meet, cookin’ and cleanin’ for white folks, but it was never enough. Me and my seven siblings lived in a three-room delipidated shack. But we learned to entertain ourselves to take our mind off the hunger pains rumbling in our stomachs. So I guess you could say that’s how the entertainment fire was lit inside of me.   What was your greatest talent? My perseverance and my ability to entertain.   Significant other? Ooooh, chile. Don’t get me started on that. Unfortunately, I…