God help the child / Toni Morrison.

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Morrison, Toni

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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015Description: 178 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780307594174 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780307740922 (softcover : acid-free paper)

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PS 3563 M878g 2015

Summary: A tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger. Rain, the mysterious white child with whom she crosses paths. And finally, Bride's mother herself, Sweetness, who takes a lifetime to come to understand that "what you do to children matters. And they might never forget."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PS 3563 M878g 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	3	Available	00000117435

"This is a Borzoi book."

A tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger. Rain, the mysterious white child with whom she crosses paths. And finally, Bride's mother herself, Sweetness, who takes a lifetime to come to understand that "what you do to children matters. And they might never forget."

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