Fearlessly gazing into the abyss of slavery, this classic novel transforms History into a narrative as evocative as an epic, as violent as a war song, and as tender as a lullaby.

Sith was born a slave in the South and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She is haunted by painful memories of the Welcoming Home, the beautiful farm that became the place of absolute horror for her and her companions. Her new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby who died without a name, by her own hands, with only one word engraved on its tombstone to remind that it once lived: Beloved.

Poetic and harsh, taut as a rope, the novel explores the indelible trauma of slavery in a way that captivates the reader. One of the most important books by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, the boldest female voice in American fiction.