Боже, храни мое дитя

Braĭd uspeshnai͡a i krasivai͡a zhenshchina, no gluboko neschastnyĭ rebenok vnutri. Ee matʹ, Svitnes, byla ot nee ėmot͡sionalʹno daleka i stydilasʹ docheri iz-za t͡sveta kozhi. Edinstvennoe schastlivoe vospominanie Braĭd iz detstva svi͡azano s vystupleniem na sude - tot denʹ teperʹ ona proklinaet. V svoem romane Toni Morrison povedaet o zhestokosti materi, o grubosti okruzhai͡ushchego mira i nepokornosti malenʹkoĭ devochki, zhazhdushcheĭ li͡ubvi. Ėto ne prosto kniga o semʹe i nelegkikh zhiznennykh situat͡sii͡akh, ėto istorii͡a o tom, vo chto vposledstvii vyrastai͡ut detskie obidy.

Bride is a successful and beautiful woman, but a deeply unhappy child inside. Her mother, Sweetness, was emotionally distant from her and was ashamed of her daughter because of her skin color. Bride's only happy childhood memory is of performing in court, and she now curses that day. In her novel, Toni Morrison tells about the cruelty of her mother, the rudeness of the world around her, and the rebelliousness of a little girl who longs for love. This is not just a book about family and difficult life situations, it is a story about what childhood resentments later grow into.