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Who is Ida Rebecca from Growing Up and what is their importance? Growing_Up_(autobiography) English & Literature Ida Rebecca | Growing Up

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Ida Rebecca is Benny Baker's mother, the matriarch of their family. She greatly disapproves of Benny's intellectual wife, who she thinks puts on airs. Ida loves her grandchildren, and she goes against Lucy's wishes to influence them. She gives the children treats like jam and bread that they aren't supposed to have, and she passes on rural superstitions about omens and ghosts.