God Help the Child
TONI MORRISON
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| Book Description |
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.”
A fierce and provocative novel that adds a new dimension to the matchless oeuvre of Toni Morrison. |
| Other Award Winning Books by Toni Morrison |
| Toni Morrison Award Stats |
| Major Prize* Nominations |
8 |
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| Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
6 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Wins |
1 |
Beloved · |
| Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
1 |
Beloved · |
| National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
1 |
Song of Solomon · |
| National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
2 |
Beloved · Song of Solomon · |
| National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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| National Book Award Nominations |
2 |
Beloved · Sula · |
| Man Booker Prize Wins |
0 |
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| Man Booker Prize Nominations |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
0 |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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353 reviews (2012) (160p)
