God Help the Child (Paperback)(Large Print)

from mckait

God Help the Child: A novel by Toni Morrison is a short book, but it packs a lot into those pages. Bride, who as a child was given the name Lula Ann by her mother, Sweetness is the character around whom the book revolves. As an infant, a very dark skinned child, she was scorned by her much lighte...

from Dianekeenoy

I listened to this book on audio and it's just incredible. Bride is sophisticated and beautiful black woman who was raised by her mother, Sweetness, who is light skinned. Her father leaves them and her mother raised her without touching or any loving connection. Her reason is that is how Bride wi...

from MarkMeg

Strong, powerful. Starts out slow and seems to be more focused on sex, but as the story goes along, the color prejudice within the black race seems to be an issue, as well as making it as a woman. Bride, who was born as Lula Ann is the protagonist of the story. She is blue black in color and has ...

from avanders

I went into this with no expectations and found a powerful, moving, and vulnerable love story. A love story within a family, with a lover, and above all, with oneself. Morrison has said so much, making elegant and eloquent points, without feeling the need to dive unnecessarily into weighty detail...

from AlisonY

This is my third Morrison novel, after being blown away by Beloved and disappointed by The Bluest Eye (I know - pretty much on my own on that one). The latter didn't work for me because of its overblown and disjointed writing style, but with God Help the Child the writing style was closer to what...