Of finding out that home, for good or bad, has made a lasting impression on you, and, just maybe, you can reconcile yourself with that. It's the story of growing up, of finding yourself. Say, tell me, why does its lock fit my key?” I don't know about you, but this resonates deep within me. I dreamed another, sweeter, brighter With a view of lakes crossed in painted boats Of fields wide as arms open for me. I'll give you the first just so you don't miss it on the audio version: “Whose house is this? Whose night keeps out the light In here? Say, who owns this house? It’s not mine. And finally, the ending poem and all its potential meanings. Next, when Cee tells Frank that she has a right to cry. First, the opening poem, it brings chills down the spine. I listened first, then went and read it in order to study it and learn from a master.Ĭee, she learns to stand tall and believe in herself regardless of her childhood and the wrong done to her. Would you consider the audio edition of Home to be better than the print version?īoth are excellent. Home - For Your BookClub or Classroom, or Brain! Her language is just spectacular and I don't regret spending a credit on such a short book. If you like short stories (I'm not a big fan) and you have enjoyed Morrison's books in the past, then you may like this one.

But, some people don't like that and have complained. She just reads).but the feeling is so intimate that I feel like a sweet fairy godmother is reading to me. if you love Morrison's way of putting words together (and that's what I'm letting myself concentrate on as I listen for the second time) and her reading voice (she doesn't 'act'. Nowhere in the description does it say it is short stories.

However, I am reviewing _Home_ and while it is a lovely collection of short, unrelated stories, I was expecting a novel. Morrison would write such a disjointed book. I read A Mercy (her last book) when it came out in hard cover and it was just a mess. Not a novel, but a collection of short stories

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