THE TONI MORRISON BOOK CLUB

Toni Morrison's novels serve as a catalyst for four friends to reveal their upbringings and personal truths in this group memoir. Each narrator represents one author and delivers three essays in succession, all beginning with a secret. For example, after Daniel Henning formally narrates the introduction, Adenrele Ojo delivers "Cassandra's Secret" and the two essays that follow. The authors intertwine their own experiences with those described in four of Morrison's novels. The material helps listeners to better understand these educators. The narrators' voices shape the authors' diverse backgrounds, adding a bit of sassiness, sternness, raw frustration, and communal adoration of Morrison. These personal touches create both wonder and connection to Morrison's powerful literary works. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2021]