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Toni morrison is the author of eleven novels, from the bluest eye 1970 to god help the child 2015. Toni morrison reads from and discusses god help the child full. God help the child ottawa public library overdrive. Spare and unsparing, god help the childthe first novel by to. Morrison rarely writes short fiction, so when she does, it makes sense to sit up and pay attention. A mercy is a gorgeous narrative of a dark time that flitters from person to person.
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