false 11326 29 The first page of Toni Morrison's novel <I>Love</I> is a soft introduction to a narrator who pulls you in with her version of a tale of the ocean-side community of Up Beach, a once popular ocean resort. Morrison introduces an enclave of people who react to one man--Bill Cosey--and to each other as they tell of his affect on generations of characters living in the seaside community. One clear truth here, told time and again, is how folks love and hate each other and the myriad ways it's manifested; these versions of humanity are seen in almost every line. Monsters and ghosts creep into young girls' dreams and around corners and then return to staid ladies' lives as they age and remember friendships and cold battles. Men and women--Heed, Romen, Junior, Christine, Celestial, and the rest of Morrison's cast--cry and sing out their weaknesses and strengths in rotating perspectives. Sandler, a Cosey employee, is a brilliant agent of Morrison's descriptions of human behavior, "Then, in a sudden shift of subject that children and heavy drinkers enjoy, 'My son, Billy was about your age. When he died, I mean.'" And Romen is allowed to play hero by saving a young girl from a brutal gang rape, while at the same time, he battles disgust like no superhuman would be caught dead feeling.<p> Though slim in pages, Morrison constructs <I>Love</I> with a precision and elegance that shows her characters' flaws and fears with brutal accuracy. <I>Love</I> may be less complex than others in the grand Morrison oeuvre, but not because Morrison performs literary hand-holding. Readers will experience in this smooth, sharp-eyed gem another instance of the Toni Morrison craftsmanship: she enters your mind, hangs a tale or two there, and leaves just as quietly as she came. <I>--E. Brooke Gilbert</I> 1362549 2003 Love: A Novel total:1826|5:346|4:582|3:631|2:201|1:66| 1826 6419 2650 140 456911 0375409440 9780375409448 130 24 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174931007m/456911.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/456911.Love 5 6 false Tue Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 01 21:21:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:22:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 2 0 true Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 22:12:53 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 22:12:53 -0700 2009
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Setting: fading black south beach resort town
Time Period: 1990's

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His soft eyes stare out invitingly from the portrait above the bed, but his lips aren’t talking. Bill Cosey has been dead for 25 years. And women in the small town of Silk are still scratching at each other over him.

Toni Morrison paints a dis...more...]]> 456911 0375409440 9780375409448 130 24 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174931007m/456911.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/456911.Love 3 0 false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:18:59 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 17:10:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun Jan 04 10:02:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:01:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 532755 0739306987 9780739306987 6 2 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175577210m/532755.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/532755.Love 3 0 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:55:09 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 19:17:03 -0800 2009
I am impressed by Morrison...more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 3 1 false Mon Sep 22 13:19:23 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 13:21:11 -0700 2008 456911 0375409440 9780375409448 130 24 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174931007m/456911.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/456911.Love 2 0 false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 22:41:39 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 22:47:47 -0800 2009 Toni Morrison, but I had a hard time following this one. I felt like each time I picked ...more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 0 0 false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 22:20:26 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 22:51:23 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 0 0 true Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:17:07 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:17:07 -0700 2008 Toni Morrison ever wrote at least twice (except Tar Baby) and expect to keep reading Song of Solomon & Beloved until I die. I loved Love. How does she get so much dark power into ordinary things? It's the inverse of the Harry Potter approach, by which magical things become everyda...more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 21 18:42:46 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 18:42:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3427317 0701177632 9780701177638 1 1 3.52 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3427317.Love 3 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Jun 13 19:47:06 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 19:47:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 13:42:50 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 12:00:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Feb 26 14:31:36 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 14:34:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 12:00:52 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 12:12:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 456911 0375409440 9780375409448 130 24 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174931007m/456911.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/456911.Love 3 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Apr 10 08:12:57 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 18:28:48 -0700 2007
...more...]]> 1372676 0701175109 9780701175108 4 1 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183058196m/1372676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1372676.Love 4 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 21:02:17 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 21:08:41 -0700 2009 Two girls were friends but then love(?) got in the way. Due to missundersta...more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 22:29:44 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 22:49:05 -0700 2007
So four years later, I tackled another Toni Morrison...more...]]> 456911 0375409440 9780375409448 130 24 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174931007m/456911.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/456911.Love 3 0 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 10:42:47 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 12:00:31 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 11326 1400078474 9781400078479 1649 109 3.52 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166469293m/11326.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11326.Love_A_Novel 0 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 05 14:07:13 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 14:14:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3181403