Toni Morrison Lastest Novel: God Help The Child

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison award winning, over 13 awards One being the Nobel Prize in Literature, literary legend who is 84 years old.  Is showing the world she is no where near retiring or has no thoughts of it. " I know how to write forever" is what Mrs. Morrison told New York Times columnist Colin Archdeacon  about her love of writing.  (You can get more of that story at the link following the story.)  And it's so wonderful to know we will be graced with another novel from Mrs. Morrison the title: "God Help The Child" available April 21, 2015

God Help The Child by Toni Morrison (Available April 21, 2015 Hardcover $14.97 Amazon.com)

  This novel, Mrs. Morrison says, tackles the internalized racism that has plagued the African American community about skin shade since slavery and the affects of it.  And the summary of the novel
reveals how the story does just that, it's about a Mother who is lighter skinned ashamed of a daughter that is born very dark skinned. As described in excerpts from the novel " Sudanese black","midnight black" the Mother was so bothered by the color of her child's skin shade she would not allow her daughter to call her "Mama" but only allowed to call her "Sweetness"  Again Mrs. Morrison pulls at the heart strings and touches places that are difficult to address.
Listen to her interview with Colin Archdeacon's video for the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1FkEKGS
Thank you Mrs. Morrison for continually giving those of us that love reading great stories. I can't wait, I will be one getting my copy on April 21, 2015.  I will update when I finish reading. Please post up your thoughts!