Sula by Toni Morrison
Random House
Paperback
*INDIGO’S PICK!*
Sula is a novel that follows the empowering black, gay witch for which it is named. Or IS she a witch?? A larger discourse explores the demonization of queer folk (especially people of color) within their communities. Throughout the book, characters make her out to be a scapegoat for disaster, when really she’s just independent woman. Imagine The Scarlet Letter but written by Toni Morrison--meaning it includes some of her trademark topics of black family dynamics and intersectional feminism. If you’re seeking some magical realism with a timely political twist, this is the book for you. Favorite quote? Sula’s mom asks her, “When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.” Sula’s response? “I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.” Sula makes me want to do cartwheels and backflips for days straight I love it so much.
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio.
Nel and Sula’s devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.
Random House
Paperback
*INDIGO’S PICK!*
Sula is a novel that follows the empowering black, gay witch for which it is named. Or IS she a witch?? A larger discourse explores the demonization of queer folk (especially people of color) within their communities. Throughout the book, characters make her out to be a scapegoat for disaster, when really she’s just independent woman. Imagine The Scarlet Letter but written by Toni Morrison--meaning it includes some of her trademark topics of black family dynamics and intersectional feminism. If you’re seeking some magical realism with a timely political twist, this is the book for you. Favorite quote? Sula’s mom asks her, “When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.” Sula’s response? “I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.” Sula makes me want to do cartwheels and backflips for days straight I love it so much.
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio.
Nel and Sula’s devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.
Random House
Paperback
*INDIGO’S PICK!*
Sula is a novel that follows the empowering black, gay witch for which it is named. Or IS she a witch?? A larger discourse explores the demonization of queer folk (especially people of color) within their communities. Throughout the book, characters make her out to be a scapegoat for disaster, when really she’s just independent woman. Imagine The Scarlet Letter but written by Toni Morrison--meaning it includes some of her trademark topics of black family dynamics and intersectional feminism. If you’re seeking some magical realism with a timely political twist, this is the book for you. Favorite quote? Sula’s mom asks her, “When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.” Sula’s response? “I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.” Sula makes me want to do cartwheels and backflips for days straight I love it so much.
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio.
Nel and Sula’s devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.