"Toni Morrison’s fierce and provocative novel exposes the damage adults wreak on children, and how this echoes through the generations."
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The new novel from Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child is a searing tale about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult. At the centre:
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The new novel from Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child is a searing tale about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult. At the centre: a 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 of love until she told a lie that ruined the life of an innocent woman, a lie whose reverberations refuse to diminish....
God Help the Child features in the following genres: Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Sharing Diverse Voices, Fiction, Recommendations, General Fiction
Paperback, Hardback, Ebook. £25.20. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
God Help the Child was written by Toni Morrison and published by Knopf Canada
£25.20. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
