This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate's aesthetic practice and her political vision, through an analysis of the key texts as well as her lesser-studied works, books for children, and most recent novels.

• Offers provocative new insights and a refreshingly original contribution to the scholarship of one of the most important contemporary American writers
• Analyzes the celebrated fiction of Morrison in relation to her critical writing about the process of reading and writing literature, the relationship between readers and writers, and...

When a middle-aged single mother suffers a mental breakdown while caring for her children, the desperate fight for survival typical of her life intensified. Born into a large family and abused by her father, she'd faced adversity before, but this would prove to be her greatest test.
Grappling with the brutal, damaging legacy of her upbringing and the dark secret about one of her sisters, her biggest hurdle was to overcome the desire to abuse her own baby boy. Finally, after years of struggling to care for her kids, she achieves mental fortitude, and her goal of becoming the perfect...

This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate's aesthetic practice and her political vision, through an analysis of the key texts as well as her lesser-studied works, books for children, and most recent novels.

• Offers provocative new insights and a refreshingly original contribution to the scholarship of one of the most important contemporary American writers
• Analyzes the celebrated fiction of Morrison in relation to her critical writing about the process of reading and writing literature, the relationship between readers and writers, and...