The book is a comprehensive and critical analysis of selected novels of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor and attempts to examine the 'Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow' of the African - American women in America, who have been treated as 'The Mules of the World'. The book foregrounds palimpsests in history and imaging or representations in literary and cultural texts to highlight the unique and ground-breaking implications of relocating the dilemma of the African - American Diaspora in the context of their labor roles.