"The new novel from the author of Beloved The past has a hold like no
other... Sweetness wants to love her child, Bride, but she struggles to
love her as a mother should. Bride, now glamorous, grown up, ebony-black
and panther-like, wants to love her man, Booker, but she finds herself
betrayed by a moment in her past, a moment borne of a desperate burn for
the love of her mother. Booker cannot fathom Bride's depths, with his own
love-lorn past bending him out of shape. Can they find a way through the
damage wrought on their blameless childhood souls, to light and happiness,
free from pain? Toni Morrison's fierce and provocative new novel exposes
the damage adults wreak on children, and how this echoes through the
generations."