"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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'What you do to children matters. And they might never forget'Sweetness wants to love her child, Bride, but she struggles to love her as a mother should. Bride, now glamorous, grown up, ebony-black and panther-like, wants to love her man, Booker, but she finds herself betrayed by a moment in her past, a moment borne of a desperate burn for the love of her mother. Booker cannot fathom Bride's depths, with his own love-lorn past bending him out of shape. Can they find a way through the damage wrought on their blameless childhood souls, to light and happiness, free from pain? Toni Morrison's fierce and provocative new novel exposes the damage adults wreak on children, and how this echoes through the generations.
| Primary Genre | Family Drama |
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'What you do to children matters. And they might never forget'Sweetness wants to love her child, Bride, but she struggles to love her as a mother should.
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
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God Help the Child was written by Toni Morrison and published by Chatto & Windus an imprint of Random House
God Help the Child has 178 pages
