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Literary Classics Historical fiction Horror 1987

Beloved by Toni Morrison

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One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free.

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What it is

A haunted house · it leaves you shaken

What happens in it

Haunted house Living with grief

How it feels

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How it's told

Structure
Jumps in time
Its world
A touch of the supernatural
Style
Literary
Prose
Lyrical

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want a book that understands loss
  • you don't mind a good cry
  • you want a book that doesn't look away

Maybe not if…

  • you prefer a story told in order
  • you'd rather skip the hard scenes

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