Toni Morrison’s new story, “Sweetness,” offers a glimpse into her upcoming novel God Save the Child. With her signature raw, haunting honesty, Morrison delves into the ways family can simultaneously love and hate, protect and harm:
Oh, yeah, I feel bad sometimes about how I treated Lula Ann when she was little. But you have to understand: I had to protect her. She didn’t know the world. With that skin, there was no point in being tough or sassy, even when you were right.
