She then returns to NYC and falls in love with a schizophrenic woman named Muriel, and they move in together. In Mexico she meets a middle-aged woman named Eudora who is a mentor and lover to Audre.
Audre moves to Mexico after saving some money. She begins a relationship with a woman named Bea, who she then leaves for reasons she does not understand. She returns to New York after her father's death. She is very unhappy in college and moves to Connecticut to find work. And after high school she leaves home, dates a boy named Peter who impregnates her.
In High School she joins a group of outcasts who call themselves "The Branded" and begins to write poetry. She has a young friend named Gennie who commits suicide and who was Audre's first love. As she grows up, she continues to find herself alienated. Yet she displays strong verbal talents, particularly for writing, from an early age. She grows up in Catholic School but faces racism as a child, along with the handicap of being legally blind.
She is a child of black parents from the West Indies. The story begins with Lorde's childhood in Harlem. Her race, gender and sexuality were all rejected by her society at large thus, much of the book functions with Audre living in a society that either ignores or rejects her and her telling tales of secret lesbian love. Audre grows up as a black woman and a lesbian, and in American society in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, this was a triple-threat. It covers many themes but focuses primarily on the close bounds she develops with women throughout her life, first with her mother and then with various lovers throughout the book. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name tells the story of Audre Lorde's passage from childhood to young adulthood.
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