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reviewed Sula by Toni Morrison (Oprah's Book Club (46))

Toni Morrison: Sula (2002, Plume)

Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than …

A sardonic reflection on life at the bottom of the hierarchy

Tracks a black community from the 1920s onwards, focusing on two women who choose to live life on their own terms. A lot of eccentric characters and matter-of-factly told traumatic events, with a sardonic reflection on life at the bottom of the hierarchy. Never hooked me in though, so fell flat.