"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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Toni Morrison's fierce and provocative novel exposes the damage adults wreak on children, and how this echoes through the generations.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?BY THE NOBEL-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF BELOVED'Haunting. . . Moving. . . Fearless. . . . God Help the Child yet again proves that Toni Morrison is an icon' Bustle Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
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Toni Morrison's fierce and provocative novel exposes the damage adults wreak on children, and how this echoes through the generations.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.
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. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. Pre-order. 1st August 2024.
God Help the Child was written by Toni Morrison and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
God Help the Child has 192 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. Pre-order. 1st August 2024.
