Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child--the first vel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment--weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At 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 of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger. Rain, the mysterious white child with whom she crosses paths. And finally, Bride's mother herself, Sweetness, who takes a lifetime to come to understand that -what you do to children matters. And they might never forget.- A fierce and provocative vel that adds a new dimension to the matchless oeuvre of Toni Morrison.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-10
0307749088
ISBN-13
9780307749086
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209011807
Product Key Features
Author
Toni Morrison
Format
CD
Language
English
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Dimensions
Weight
136g
Height
155mm
Width
127mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
NY
Spine
28mm
Running Time
360
Read by
Toni Morrison
Author Biography
TONI MORRISON is the author of eleven novels, from The Bluest Eye (1970) to Home (2012). She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She lives in New York.