A Mercy Ages 8 and up Toni Morrison tells the story

Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace

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and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity

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All the right moves won’t keep them safe—especially from each other

A Mercy Ages 8 and up Toni Morrison tells the storyA Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughtera mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.