In this novel, a 26-year-old modern black woman is suddenly (and then repeatedly) transported back in time to a slave plantation in the antebellum South, where she is subjected to all the harshest parts of slavery as she protects the son of a slaveowner. Rarely does social criticism come with such incendiary storytelling.

Finished Kindred. Is nice to be reminded that no matter how much I read, a book can still just punch me in the heart and make me have to sit in silence for a while. Review next week.