Toni Morrison
1) A mercy
Author
Description
In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
ix, 354 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. In the writings and speeches included here, Morrison takes on contested...
4) Love
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
201 p. ; 25 cm.
Appears on list
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 284 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Beloved: On a journey to find freedom, Sethe is confronted by the secrets that have haunted her for years. Then, an old friend from out of her past reenters her life. With his help, Sethe may finally be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope.
Their eyes were watching God: A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the mores...