124 was spiteful…Those are the words that begin the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison. I tend to take notes while I read; to remember important words and thoughts that stand out to me but this book made me feel so much that I didn’t want to write it down. I didn’t need to write it down.
I love the way Toni Morrison writes. She is one of my favorite authors for a reason. She can take me somewhere, I never intended to be. She can make me see things I didn’t know to see. She can answer questions I didn’t know to ask.
In Beloved we are entrenched in the story of former slaves with deep dark stories they have tried to hide themselves from but can’t. Their pain has become alive in a house that has scared everyone away, even most of the people that lived at 124 Bluestone Road. But as the story progresses they are forced to look at these stories of pain and survival.
As fear isolated Suthe and her daughter Denver and eventually the reincarnation of Beloved; fear forced Denver to reach out to her community for help to save her family. This spiritually charged novel is powerful, not only in the strength we see in what a community can do, but what a family can do, what forgiveness can do, what desperation can do and what the human spirit can move through because it must.
I know if I read this book many more times I will still find more details and layers to appreciate. I highly recommend this book, along with your security blanket and box of tissues.
Although I would have eventually read this book because I love Toni Morrison’s writing what encouraged me to read it now was reading The Reading List. A book I also encourage you to check out at your earliest convenience.
I checked this book out at the Longview Public Library but you can get your own copy of Beloved by Toni Morrison at Amazon.com.
Read My Review on GoodReads:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Toni Morrison can go so deep. More deep than I am ready for at times but she make me think and feel. She helps me see and heal. I love her writing. She makes me more real. I highly recommend this book.
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My name is Summer. That is how you can call me. I hope that I am a blessing to you. I am not perfect. I will fall again. But I am forgiven.
For anyone reading this that isn’t a Christian, unapologetically, I am a Christian, but I believe there is room for lots of beliefs and religions in the world. It is not my intent to offend people with different beliefs than I have and I would be open to open-minded conversations with no goals of changing anyone’s mind, but sharing information.
If you are interested in becoming a Christian…Do you know Jesus? Do want the Holy Spirit to fill you and give you understanding and salvation? Ask Him. Want someone to pray with you? Contact me.
If you would like to know Jesus as your friend, but want to make this amazing commitment by yourself please pray something like this:
Thank you Jesus that You are the Son of God, the God that created heaven and earth. Thank you Jesus that You came to earth in the form of a man so that You would be able to empathize with my humanity. Thank You that You did this in order to fulfill the promises You made at the foundation of the world.
I realize that I am a sinner and do things that hurt myself and keep myself away from you. Thank You that You died for my sins so that You could defeat death and bring me into Your life. Please forgive me.
I ask You to be Lord of my life. I ask you to heal my hurts and show me what my new life, empowered by You looks like. Thank You for Your mercy.
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