God Help the Child
by:
Toni Morrison (author)
A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year:San Francisco Chronicle,St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Kansas City StarAt the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life,...
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A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year:San Francisco Chronicle,St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Kansas City StarAt the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701186050 (0701186054)
Publish date: 2015
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 178
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
African American,
Contemporary,
Womens,
Fiction
God Help The Child, Toni Morrison For me, this was a tender story about growing up black with all of the pain and hardship that may one day be rewarded with success and joy. The struggles of the children that witness or suffer from the senseless crime and prejudice coming from within their own commu...
Absolutely amazing, Morrison can put a story together as very few can. Although only a short novel, so much is said, so much emotional territory is covered. When Sweetness, a light skinned black gives birth to a blue black baby, she is appalled as is her husband who quickly leaves the family. Treati...
10 years ago
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