Beloved
ISBN : 9780099760115
It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - The death of Sethe's baby daughter, beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone. Who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution.