Fantastic tale of a family gone bizarre. I love Morrison's fantastical writing and deep character analysis.

A coming of age story of Milkman, an African American boy growing up in a relatively wealthy family. Macon Dead III, aka Milkman, seems to always be surrounded by controversy... either between his parents, among his friends, or with his aunt and her family. He grows up feeling no connection to his family and drifting through an easy life provided by his father's property wealth and his mother's reputation as the doctor's daughter. Milkman embarks on a journey that ultimately helps him find his heritage and himself... He learns to "fly" on his own.

I found this a very sad book. The multiple, subtle hints of racism between blacks and whites and, sadly, black to blacks, build up to a disturbing ending. Mysterious, sometimes hard to believe, but always powerful.

A contemporary classic.

This is a beautifully written story filled with mysticism, passion and history.

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This book is so amazing I read it twice. It is written incredibly well.

Morrison is a great story teller and her books enriches you and lifts you up!

"A literary jewel...an unusual dramatic story of the black experience in America...of unrequited loves and bitter hates, of truths and revenges,of intense loyalties." Fort Wayne Gazette

A unniverse where ghost exist,where dead man's bones are kept in the living room,where a young woman dies of heartbreak,and a grown man wills himself to fly.

this book is excellent.

Some parts of this are rough to get through, but it's well worth the effort.

Intense. Superb writing by a nobel prize in literature winner.

National Best Seller and recommended book for Oprah's book club. A must for Toni Morrison fans.

Everything in Oprah's Book Club is good reading (even if some are kind of depressing).

i usually like her writing, but i was not as impressed with this one (the ending blew it for me). i would recommend 'the bluest eye' or 'beloved' before this.

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