The Big Read is a two-month-long literary and arts celebration for the community, presented by Golden Isles Arts and Humanities and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. The community reads one book and comes together for a variety of programming -- including book talks, films, plays, lectures, and art exhibits -- reflecting the themes of the book.
Beloved is the story of Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman who is living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter, Denver. Sethe is haunted by the ghost of her baby girl whom she killed years earlier while running from bounty hunters attempting to return her and her children to their enslavers. Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. It is based on the true tragic story of Margaret Garner, a woman who was enslaved in Kentucky and escaped with her children to Ohio in 1856.
Did you read Beloved? Are you planning to read it? Tell us what you think about the book.
This year's selection is Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beloved is the story of Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman who is living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter, Denver. Sethe is haunted by the ghost of her baby girl whom she killed years earlier while running from bounty hunters attempting to return her and her children to their enslavers. Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. It is based on the true tragic story of Margaret Garner, a woman who was enslaved in Kentucky and escaped with her children to Ohio in 1856.
Did you read Beloved? Are you planning to read it? Tell us what you think about the book.