Spare and unsparing God Help the Childmdashthe first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current momentmdashweaves 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 Bridersquos mother herself Sweetness who takes a lifetime to come to understand that ldquowhat you do to children matters And they might never forgetrdquoA fierce and provocative novel that adds a new dimension to the matchless oeuvre of Toni MorrisonFrom the Hardcover edition.
