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Beloved

Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Fill...show more

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321 pages

Average rating: 7.76

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219mily
Mar 14, 2024
Took me a little bit of time to get into it but then I got hooked and devoured it. Loved the multigenerational perspective and seeing the world from each character's eyes.
talormosley
Mar 02, 2024
10/10 stars
A ride that I thoroughly enjoy each time I pick it up.
Anonymous
Dec 28, 2023
8/10 stars
In both content and style, this book is challenging. So many knots to untangle. So much love, greed, abandonment, evil, hope. Five slaves escaped from Kentucky, some through the underground railroad, others through death, one through insanity, each story heavy with shame and a "dirty" that won't wash away. A black mother with so many haunting memories the ghost becomes real, a ghost whose thirst for love, to be loved, cannot be quenched. Give me ...read more
paigeairey
Dec 21, 2023
10/10 stars
Bro this book is so good. Upon first reading it I struggled to understand what was happening but after rereading….. omg I’m shook. Toni Morrison is a genius
dauhns_booklist
Jul 26, 2023
10/10 stars
One of the most difficult, heartbreaking, and powerful works of literature I've ever read.

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