{"product_id":"god-help-the-child-isbn-9780307594174","title":"God Help the Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book • This fiery and provocative novel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Powerful.... A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant.” —Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.”\u003cp\u003ePraise for Toni Morrison’s\u003cbr\u003e GOD HELP THE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Utterly compelling . . . Morrison remains an incredibly powerful writer who commands attention.”\u003cbr\u003e –Roxane Gay, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eGod Save the Child\u003c\/i\u003e is superb, its story gliding along the tracks of Morrison’s utterly assured prose.”\u003cbr\u003e –Charles Finch, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e (critic's pick)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Morrison is such a masterful writer that even those who don’t prefer stream of conscious novels may find them sucked into these minds, turning page after page of this short novel until they’ve finished the book in one sitting.”\u003cbr\u003e –Sarah Hutchins, \u003ci\u003ePortland Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Toni Morrison [is] still breaking new literary ground . . . a readable and entrancing novel that rivals her earlier work in its powerful range of effects . . . This novel is worth reading on the strength of Morrison’s narrative talents alone. But it also makes an inviting introduction to her entire body of work. ‘God Help the Child’ finds this American legend still breaking new ground and, as always, delivering an uncompromising and memorable novel.”\u003cbr\u003e –Jack Pender, \u003ci\u003eWaterloo Region Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A wrenching tale.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Morrison possesses enough generosity of spirit to see a few glimmering moments of genuine hope amid the ruin, along with the intellectual heft needed to understand their context, and the graciousness to share them with us.”\u003cbr\u003e –Andrew Ervin, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The prose is lean, uncluttered. Morrison’s novelistic architectures have always been exceptionally well-designed; she crafts the vessels, carefully and uniquely to each story, before pouring in the water, and \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Morrison’s] powers are proudly on display in \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e. At its best, this new novel demonstrates that the author is, as she suggested recently in a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e profile, fully capable of writing novels forever.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A searing, lyrical story . . . Even Morrison's minor characters are complex, intriguing people deserving of closer inspection, and as Bride's journey acquires a momentum of its own, the magnetism of her troubles pulls the reader along . . . Beautifully composed in a variety of distinct voices and covering a range of family concerns, \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e employs a hint of magical realism and explores issues of race and women's lives familiar to fans of Morrison's fiction. The story of Bride's life and trials is sensual, both delicate and strong, poetic and heavy with sex, love and pain, exemplifying a revered author's unfailing talent. \u003cbr\u003e –Julia Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With ‘God Help Help the Child,’ Morrison gives us an unflinching look at the wounds that adults can inflict on children with life-altering consequences . . . By the final page, ‘God Help the Child’ reminds us that few authors can deliver exquisitely written prose as Morrison.”\u003cbr\u003e –Patrik Bass, Essence.com\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A slim, modest work that still manages to pack an emotional wallop.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Another unflinching, gorgeously written story.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Every page contains at least one passage of breathtaking prose, a lyrical flow accentuated by stark imagery and laden with poetic contrasts.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Morrison has a Shakespearean sense of tragedy, and that gift imbues \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e. The ending is exquisite, bringing to mind Gwendolyn Brooks' wonderful lines: ‘Art hurts. Art urges voyages -- and it is easier to stay at home.’”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A book to be read twice at a minimum — the first time for the story, and the second time to savor the language, the gems of phrasing and the uncomfortable revelations about the human capacity both to love and destroy.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Succinct but beautiful, with a powerful message that will reach readers of all demographics, because frankly, we all have things in our pasts we'd like to change. The power is not in time travel; the power is in realizing we must move on and push forward to succeed.”\u003cbr\u003e –SheKnows.com\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Morrison . . . proved with \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e that her writing is still as fresh, adventurous and vigorous as ever . . . Morrison’s characteristically deft temporal she fits and precisely hones language deliver literary riches galore. And which this novel is very readable, the pleasure is in working for its deeper rewards.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Like a Picasso painting telling a story in a multi-dimensional series of superimposed snapshot as each character becomes ever more rounded and complete.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Not for nothing has Morrison been garlanded with a Novel Prize, Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle Award. There’s always a sense of grand occasion when Morrison releases a book, and with good reason: the journey is always vivid, dazzling and rich, each paragraph a mealy morsel in its own right. A highly personal and affecting tale that manages to be deftly political, \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e is emotionally rousing and gut-wrenching.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “True to style, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning Morrison uses simple yet poetic prose as she tackles timely issues in a timeless way.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eBig Issue in the North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Powerful . . . attests to her ability to write intensely felt chamber pieces that inhabit a twilight world between fable and realism, and to convey the desperate yearnings of her characters for safety and love and belonging . . . Writing with gathering speed and assurance as the book progresses, Ms. Morrison works her narrative magic, turning the Ballad of Bride and Booker into a tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant.”\u003cbr\u003e –Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Toni Morrison is one of the gods who walk among us. A righteous, fearless teller of necessary truths . . . sensually written and commanding.”\u003cbr\u003e –Elissa Schappell, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2015\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It is a beautiful thing to watch Morrison move characters through the full range of human emotion and into cathartic transformation. Here, Morrison shows us the importance of not holding on to what needs to be put down; the necessity of forgiveness, the necessity of beginning again.”\u003cbr\u003e –Hope Wabuke, The Root\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Nobel laureate Morrison continues to add to her canon of eloquent, brilliantly conceived novels defining the crises and cultural shifts of our times  . . . Yet another finely distilled masterpiece.”\u003cbr\u003e –Jane Ciabattari, BBC\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Powerful portraits in lean prose . . . . The pieces all fit together seamlessly in a story about beating back the past, confronting the present, and understanding one’s worth.”\u003cbr\u003e –Barbara Hoffert, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sly, savage, honest, and elegant . . . . Morrison spikes elements of realism and hyperrealism with magic and mayhem, while sustaining a sexily poetic and intoxicating narrative atmosphere . . . . Once again, Morrison thrillingly brings the storytelling moxie and mojo that make her, arguably, our greatest living novelist.” \u003cbr\u003e –Lisa Shea, \u003ci\u003eELLE Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A chilling oracle and a lively storyteller, Nobel winner Morrison continues the work she began 45 years ago with \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Another dazzler from Nobel laureate Morrison.” \u003cbr\u003e –Barbara Hoffert’s Fiction Picks, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Emotionally-wrenching . . . [Morrison’s] literary craftsmanship endures with sparse language, precise imagery, and even humor. This haunting novel displays a profound understanding of American culture and an unwavering sense of justice and forgiveness.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTONI MORRISON is the author of eleven novels and three essay collections. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300257517797,"sku":"NP9780307594174","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307594174.jpg?v=1767728242","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/god-help-the-child-isbn-9780307594174","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}