Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula by Toni Morrison'Extravagantly beautiful Enormously, achingly alive A howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter' New York Times As young girls, Nel and Sula shared each other's secrets and dreams in the poor black mid West of their childhood. Then Sula ran away to live her dreams and Nel got married. Ten years later Sula returns and no one, least of all Nel, trusts her. Sula is a story of fear the fear that traps us, justifying itself

conventionality and independence

Will Little Crab be brave enough to go in

New things take getting used to

she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself

a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer

'Astonishing to read

A work of variations and possibilities

The size of the places ranges from small geographical features like a cave in Saudi Arabia where Islam began

Kerry to Cork

and helps us understand what we can do to break the silence

'Irresistible

exciting and surprising as hell' Ron Howard