Who is Jeanne Burgess from Fall on Your Knees: A Novel and what is their importance? Fall_on_Your_Knees English & Literature Jeanne Burgess | Fall on Your Knees: A Novel

Jeanne Burgess is Rose Lacroix's mother. She is a white woman who is addicted to morphine and works as a prostitute. Rose lives with her in an apartment in Harlem, making sure Jeanne gets her morphine injections. It is Jeanne who writes the anonymous letter to James regarding Kathleen's relationship with Rose. After Kathleen is dragged back to New Waterford by James, Rose moves out. She tells Jeanne that she will send money when she can and will only move back into the apartment after Jeanne dies.