Sula by Toni Morrison [FIRST EDITION] • 23rd Printing / 2002 • Knopf *See Condition

Sula by Toni Morrison

FIRST EDITION • 23RD PRINTING [2002] ALFRED A. KNOPF

23rd printing from 2002 in this long running line of first editions with $15 price on front panel.  Not a book club edition.

*Note - Water damage to lower rear of dust jacket resulting in waviness and some bubbling.  Otherwise very good.    Dust jacket housed in a new brodart jacket protector.

Book itself is very nice.  Clean red boards with black cloth binding,  bumped corner on rear and one tiny spot to top of text block.  Reads beautifully.

This rich and moving novel traces the lives of two black heroines from their close-knit childhood in a small Ohio town, through their sharply divergent paths of womanhood, to their ultimate confrontation and reconciliation.

Nel Wright has chosen to stay in the place where she was born, to marry, raise a family, and become a pillar of the black community. Sula Peace has rejected the life Nel has embraced, escaping to college, and submerging herself in city life. When she returns to her roots, it is as a rebel and a wanton seductress. Eventually, both women must face the consequences of their choices. Together, they create an unforgettable portrait of what it means and costs to be a black woman in America.