Sula – Cannonball Read 18

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Toni Morrison’s lyrical tale of female friendship

Sula by Toni Morrison

April 27, 2020 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Sula was the Mocha Girls Read book club selection to celebrate Toni Morrison’s birthday in February. I had read excerpts from some of her other books, but this was my first time reading her cover to cover. The novel tells the story of two black women growing up in a small Ohio town. Through lyrical prose, we are introduced to the families of the area. Nel is a quiet girl but begins to open up when she pairs up with Sula. They become inseparable and […]

You Should Be So Lucky to Have a Woman as a Friend

October 23, 2014 by ElCicco 2 Comments

Published in 1973, Toni Morrison’s second novel Sula is a short but incredibly rich story about friendship and community, and about the ways that fear and hatred can bring people together and tear them apart. Morrison’s characters can be enticing and alluring, powerful and defiant in the face of poverty, prejudice, disappointment, and death. The title character Sula is a rebel amongst her community in Medallion, Ohio. As a black woman in the 1920s and ’30s, she refused to be confined by the limits society […]

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