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Toni Morrison truely is a magnificent author. This is a short but wonderfully written book about young black girls, and the trials and tribs they endure in a world where beauty is blond hair and blue eyes. Though there are some graphic scenes, it is a book definitely worth reading. I loved the way she worked all of the characters stories in and how they all connected back to the original group.
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“This soil is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live.”
This little novel is a perfect example of the power of storytelling. Brilliantly structured and beautifully, heartbreakingly told.
This little novel is a perfect example of the power of storytelling. Brilliantly structured and beautifully, heartbreakingly told.
disturbing - read again, I could appreciate the literary quality in the second read.
Dec 29, 2007
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