The title character has a strange birthmark above her right eye, which is variously interpreted as a rose, a snake, her mother's ashes or a tadpole. Other characters include Shadrack, a shell shocked WWI vet who invents National Suicide Day, the Deweys, a trio of troublemakers, and Plum, a heroin addict who is burned to death by his one legged moth
The title character has a strange birthmark above her right eye, which is variously interpreted as a rose, a snake, her mother's ashes or a tadpole. Other characters include Shadrack, a shell shocked WWI vet who invents National Suicide Day, the Deweys, a trio of troublemakers, and Plum, a heroin addict who is burned to death by his one legged mother. The title character returns to the hillside community known as the Bottom and wreaks havoc stealing men. FTP name this Toni Morrison novel.
The title character has a strange birthmark above her right eye, which is variously interpreted as a rose, a snake, her mother's ashes or a tadpole.
Sula