God help the child

Summary: 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, 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."

Item details

ISBN: 9780307594174
ISBN: 0307594173
ISBN: 9780307740922
ISBN: 0307740927
ISBN: 9780385353175
ISBN: 9780307749109
ISBN: 9780307399755
ISBN: 0307399753
ISBN: 9780701186050
ISBN: 0701186054
ISBN: 9780307399779
Physical Description: print
regular print
178 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

"This is a Borzoi book."

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Genre:

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