Kindred

This was one powerful book. It drops you in a terrible situation and doesn't let up until the end. I found myself equally drawn to and devastated by it. It's about a contemporary black woman who goes back in time to slavery days at the whim of the white, slave-owning man who is her several times great-grandfather. Imagine being a modern person going back to being a slave in the early 1800s. It's tough for the character and tough to read. This book is considered one of Butler's best. I've liked many of her books, including Wild Seed, Fledgling, and Imago, and gave five stars to the Parable books: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. But I'd have to say that this one left me the most emotionally wrecked.

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