Beloved
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Beloved
Toni Morrison
Literature
James Mustich
Aug 7, 2018
Set in post-Civil War Ohio, but crisscrossing time and space in an intricate series of flashbacks and shifting perspectives, Beloved tells the story of Sethe, a runaway slave raising the children she led out of Kentucky. She is tormented by what she has escaped and haunted by what she cannot: the memory of the infant daughter for whom Sethe chose doom rather than slavery. A ghost story in which the author reveals the spirit at the heart of her tale in her first sentences, the book’s suspense is built not on surprise as much as upon the particularity of the unfolding grief that drives Sethe and her extended circle of family and old friends to the brink of madness.
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Kathryn McBarron
Feb 20, 2019
A haunting book that paints a confronting yet honest picture of what life was like for slaves during this time period. Beautifully constructed characters and a storyline you won't forget in a hurry.
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Jane Huttner
Sep 16, 2020
I didn't really care for this book. Too much crisscrossing and flashbacks.
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