- Fiction, African American women, Female friendship, City and town life
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.
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- Author
- Toni Morrison
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 174
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Bourgois, New American Library
- Editions
- 55
- Language
- German, tur, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780452254763
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“In that place, where they tore the nightshade and blackberry patches from their roots to make room for the Medallion City Golf Course, there was once a neighborhood.”
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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