Toni Morrison's HOME-Masterful & Moving

Toni Morrison is one America's greatest writers.  She's been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Literature and the Pres. Medal of Freedom.  I too sing her praises and recommend HOME as well as her other brilliant novels.  She takes an unflinching look at racial hatred, injustice and cruelty endured by our nation's black population.  Morrison depicts troubled heroes & heroine who possess an indomitable spirit and strength.  Frank Money & his sister Cee have a powerful bond & deep love for each other.  We follow Frank on his haunting Odysseus journey from a small rural town in Georgia, through an emotionally debilitating military service in Korea, and a multitude of obstacles encountered fighting to return for his dying sister. Frank tells us "You could be living in your own house for years, and still, men with or without badges but always with guns could force you, your family, your neighbors to pack up and move-with or without shoes." Serving his country, Frank learns "An integrated army is integrated misery.  You all go fight, come back, they treat you like dogs.  Change that. They treat dogs better." Still, Morrison portrays loveliness, resilience and fortitude. "Strawberry tendrils wandered, their royal-scarlet berries shining in morning rain...Her garden was not Eden; it was much more than that.  For her the whole predatory world threatened her garden, competing with its nourishment, its beauty, its benefits, and its demands.  And she loved it."