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I started this last summer when our Access alumni book club chose to read it, and had to put it down. I only finished it because it's Toni Morrison and a Pulitzer-winner novel. I loved the idea for the story, but kind of hated its execution. I feel really bad not liking this book; Toni Morrison is a literary giant, and I'm definitely not going to say she shouldn't be one. I think it's possible I just don't get it - my own understanding still lacking when it comes to black cultural narratives and
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According to the reviews, people either tend to love or hate this book. I can happily say I thoroughly enjoyed it!
"A man ain't nothing but a man,' said Baby Suggs. 'But a son? Well now, that's somebody.”
'Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? In my heart it don't mean a thing.'
'They were not holding hands, but their shadows were'
'She smiled then and Denver's heart stopped bouncing and sat down-relieved and easeful like a traveler who had ma ...more
"A man ain't nothing but a man,' said Baby Suggs. 'But a son? Well now, that's somebody.”
'Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? In my heart it don't mean a thing.'
'They were not holding hands, but their shadows were'
'She smiled then and Denver's heart stopped bouncing and sat down-relieved and easeful like a traveler who had ma ...more
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