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Name: Tar Baby

Author: Toni Morrison
Year: 1981
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Popularity: 3.4
Genres/categories: Classic
Culture: African-American

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ISBN:
9780099760214
9780330336369
9780739302712
0099760215
0330336363
0394423291
073930271X
From the publisher (source: The Internet Book List):
The household of Valerian and Margaret Street is disrupted when Son Green--the "tar baby" of the title--arrives at Christmas instead of their son Michael. The Streets' black servants, Sydney and Ondine Childs, are also affected by Son's visit: their niece Jadine falls in love with him, and his presence in the house forces Ondine's revelation of a long-held secret about the Street family. After the turmoil, when Jadine and Son try to fit into each other's very different lives, they find they must first of all come to terms with who they are, and how they fit into their families and society.


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