In Baker's teen years she struggled to have a healthy relationship with her mother, Carrie McDonald, who did not want Josephine to become an entertainer, and scolded her for not tending to Baker's second husband, Willie Baker, whom she had married in 1921 at age 15.
Writing a Bibliography: MLA Format. Below are standard formats and examples for basic bibliographic information recommended by the Modern Language Association (MLA). For more information on the MLA format, see http://www.mla.org/style_faq.
The Modern Language Association format for citing literature, such as a novel, is the same as the association's format for citing any single-author book. The MLA-style citation system is used mainly in the humanities. Writers of essays should cite any source from which they use an idea, paraphrase or quote directly. Citing a Novel.