Paradise!

Paradise, written by Toni Morrison, is another visionary masterpiece about love, and loss, in a society that discriminates against African Americans. 15 black families migrate together and give birth to a town called New Haven, which is later changed to Ruby. In this town, there are two things that distinguish between good and evil. The Oven, which was built outside in the middle of the town, brought all of the townspeople of Ruby together: cooking, meetings, celebrations, and memories. The Convent, which is a mansion built 17 miles away from Ruby, was where women who were scared, frightened, and broken went to escape their pain. They lived freely together in the Convent witout men. Because of this, the townspeople of Ruby considered them evil. Like Morrison's many other masterpieces, this book is about African Americans struggling to find their place in society, sometimes being rejected by one another.