Literary Fiction
A formerly enslaved woman is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter in post-Civil War Ohio.
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A formerly enslaved woman is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter in post-Civil War Ohio.
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Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their dazzling language and their lyric and emotional force, combine the unassailable truths of experience and emotion with the vision of legend and imagination. It is the story--set in post-Civil War Ohio--of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked death in order to wrench herself from a living death; who has lost a husband and buried a child; who has born...
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Romance & sex
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Explicit scenes of consensual sex; references to bestiality and sexual acts in slavery context; Beloved seduces and has sex with Paul D., resulting in pregnancy. Sexual violence under slavery depicted and discussed.
Profanity
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Infrequent mild profanity and racial slurs in dialogue.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation.
Religious content
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Spiritual themes with Baby Suggs as a preacher; rituals of healing and community gatherings with religious undertones.
Magic & witchcraft
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Supernatural haunting, ghost possession central to plot
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Deep exploration of slavery's legacy, racial trauma, and dehumanization
Self-harm / suicide
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Infanticide as an act of mercy/desperation is central to the plot
Abuse & suffering
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Infanticide central to the plot; children suffer under slavery. Pervasive depictions of slavery, dehumanization, physical brutality, and psychological trauma. Domestic abuse within enslaved households. Sexual violence under slavery depicted and discussed.
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