Mame Confrey
Character Key Number:
3021
Display Name:
Mame Confrey
Sort Name:
Confrey, Mame
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In Light in August Mame is a big, brass-haired woman. During the day she sits "like a carved lioness guarding a portal, presenting respectability like a shield," behind a cigar case near the front of the dingy restaurant where Christmas meets Bobbie (175). At night she is the madam of the small town brothel which she runs with her husband.