A Black woman in 1970s California is pulled back in time to an antebellum plantation -- repeatedly, involuntarily, always to save the life of her white ancestor.
About This Book
Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. ("You have to read them.") From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now. “I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to feel something deeply, books that stay with you long after the last page. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. It moves quickly: once you're in, it's hard to stop. If you prefer to read at arm's length, this one may get too close.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something moving and emotionally resonant, and a read that's fast and propulsive.
What It Explores
Kindred explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people, and power and ambition and what they cost the people who pursue them.
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