Description
At the center is a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, and 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.”
This fiery and provocative novel weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult.
Endorsements
A New York Times Notable Book
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison
“Powerful... A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant.” — Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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