
God Help the Child
A Novel
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Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book • This fiery and provocative novel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner 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.”
“Powerful.... A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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“Utterly compelling . . . Morrison remains an incredibly powerful writer who commands attention.” –Roxane Gay, The Guardian
“God Save the Child is superb, its story gliding along the tracks of Morrison’s utterly assured prose.” –Charles Finch, USA Today (critic's pick)
“Morrison is such a masterful writer that even those who don’t prefer stream of conscious novels may find them sucked into these minds, turning page after page of this short novel until they’ve finished the book in one sitting.” –Sarah Hutchins, Portland Book Review
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If you read Toni Morrison, you understand she is intimately tied to each of her characters, an invisible and unimaginable adhesive binds them, so hearing them brought to life under the guidance of Toni's voice is a rare gift.
This story is not flowery language, it is history and legacy and good words that strike through the marrow to pin to the wall that skeleton all our flesh has hardened over. This book is lesson and warning. What becomes of a child refused basic human kindness?
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This book reminds me in some ways of the Bluest Eye. With that being said, I want to be clear. It is not the Bluest Eye which is my favorite book by this author. I always feel that one of the authors greatest strengths is getting deep into the psyche of her characters and illustrating how their history and experiences quite literally shape their perception of the world. This ripple effect is always illustrated beautifully in the way that she weaves her characters together in both their strengths and frailty. This story is no different. I'm always impressed by how well this author depicts the spectrum of human experience even in very raw and uncomfortable ways. Life is messy and in my eyes no one does a better job of creating fallible and vulnerable characters than Toni.I always enjoy Toni Morrison
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What made the experience of listening to God Help the Child the most enjoyable?
The story. But the author should not have read this book on Audible it's irritating to listen to her at times.How could the performance have been better?
With a better narrator reading the storyLove story but Morrison should not be the reader
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Another Toni Morrison win!
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If you could sum up God Help the Child in three words, what would they be?
A must read! This book is the book I selected as the hostess for the September book club meeting. This author has always made me feel as if I'd been given a reading assignment with her previous books. This was the first book by Toni Morrison that I truly enjoyed! Perhaps it was because the setting is contemporary. It was enjoyed by the majority of the women who read it. Highly recommended!Favorite by Toni Morrison
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