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Sula
Nobody tells you that losing your best friend can hurt worse than a breakup. Toni Morrison did, in 1973. 💔
Who it's for
Morrison treats the bond between Nel and Sula as the central love story of both women's lives, which validates readers whose most important relationship was a friendship that others underrate.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Toni Morrison's 1973 novel is set in the Bottom, a Black neighborhood on a hill above the fictional town of Medallion, Ohio, between 1919 and 1965. It follows the close childhood friendship of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, whose paths diverge as Nel marries and settles into conventional life while Sula leaves for ten years.
Where to find it
In print (Vintage) and in libraries (Libby/Hoopla); audiobook read by Toni Morrison available. Not public domain.
Before you start
Heads up: A child's drowning; people burned to death.
Age: Ages 16+
Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think.L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confe
