Tar Baby
by Toni Morrison
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- Oh Our Beloveds
Beloved it partially a ghost story and partially a story about the love people can have for each other. Regardless, this is just good storytelling. Even Oprah knows, because she made a movie about it. So if you have a kid who can't get enough of Morrison's work, send them our way. - Song of Ourselves—er, Solomon
Song of Solomon is the novel that scored Morrison the Nobel Prize in literature. It's a story of the black experience in America and follows Macon "Milkman" Dead from birth to a potential and literary death. It's unclear if he died or not, but it's a brilliant turn from Morrison's pen.