Washoe County Library System

From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author.
“As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem’s jazz generation....

Best friends for more than 60 years—and the matchmaking queens of Newton, Texas—Gussie and Inna Mae, when Blanche passes away, decide the best way to honor her is make a match for her niece, Sissy, who is only in town for six weeks.