It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution.

A small present from my beloved efou, from her trip to London, March 2010.

A great, special, touching book. I enjoyed it quite a lot, complex yet fast and flowing in every part of it. A book about slavery like nothing else I've read. Toni Morrison seems a great writer, I should read more of her.