Who is Anielle Baptiste - Ginny's deceased mother from The Broken Bridge and what is their importance?

Anielle is Ginny's black Haitian mother. She is an artist and only an artist. Anielle realizes early on that she is not mother material and she leaves Ginny in the Catholic home after she is born. Anielle actually teaches Ginny the greatest lesson in all her young life: she teaches Ginny how to paint the human experience versus how to paint in a black or white manner. Anielle also teaches Ginny that even adults make mistakes.