Those Bones Are Not My Child

In Toni Morrison's Those Bones Are Not My Child, Zala Spencer's teenage son, Sonny, disappears in 1980, leading her to embark on an epic search with her estranged husband. The novel, written over twelve years and edited by Morrison, is a chronicle of an American nightmare.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 688 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2021
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

A masterpiece that immerses readers in the heart of the chilling horror that became known as the Atlanta child murders, Toni Morrison's Zala Spencer is barely scraping by in the thriving economy of Atlanta when she wakes up one summer morning in 1980 to discover that her teenage son, Sonny, has vanished. As the uneasy hours turn into desperate days, Zala realizes that Sonny is just one of many missing children who are beginning to capture the nation's attention. Growing increasingly frustrated with the authorities, who respond to Sonny's disappearance with cold indifference, Zala and her estranged husband embark on an epic search. Through the eyes of a family torn apart by anguish and terror, we witness a city simmering with political, racial, and class tensions.

Written over a span of twelve years and edited by Toni Morrison, who referred to Those Bones Are Not My Child as the author's magnum opus, Toni Cade Bambara's final novel leaves us with an enduring and illuminating chronicle of an American nightmare.

Weight: 496g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781784877293