God help the child / Toni Morrison.
Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child--the first novel 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."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307594174
- ISBN: 0307594173
- ISBN: 9780307740922
- ISBN: 0307740927
- Physical Description: 178 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | African Americans > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 95 of 100 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 100 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC MOR (Text) | 37810435240485 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | FIC MOR (Text) | 37810435240493 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
