- American fiction (fictional works by one author), Mothers and daughters, fiction, African americans, fiction, Fiction, family life
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.
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- Author
- Toni Morrison
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- Spanish, French, German, tur
- ISBN
- 9781467603157
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Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Among her best known novels are *The Bluest Eye*, *Song of Solomon*, and *Beloved*. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison
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