Beloved
R180.00
Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe’s new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved
‘A triumph’ Margaret Atwood, New York Times review of books
Author: Toni Morrison
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