Kindred
Kindred
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Desc: The first science fiction written by a black woman Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir fantasy and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California Dana an African-American woman is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man she realizes the challenge she’s been given...