Beloved

The novel opens in 1873 with an introduction to the House on 124. Baby Suggs, Sethe’s mother-in-law, lived at 124 until she died. 124 was a way station for Blacks run by Baby Suggs. 124 is the address where Sethe and her family lived, who had four kids, the third child was killed. Sethe also has 2 sons, Howard and Buglar who ran away at the ages of twelve and thirteen. The spirit of Sethe’s third child who was killed at the age of one, haunts the house of 124.
When Mr. Garner died, she ran off from “Sweet Home” to 124. Things changed shortly after Mr. Garner died. Sethe sent her two boys and her baby girl off to Cincinnati to live with their grandmother Baby Suggs. As Sethe was trying to escape from “Sweet Home” she was caught by white men who cornered her, took her milk, and beat her back so badly, that once healed she had been told that the scars look like a “cherry tree”.
Paul D from “Sweet Home” visited Sethe at 124. While in the kitchen d...