Beloved

The Beloved currently ranks at #16 in Audible’s Best Sellers Weekly list, #60 in Best Sellers Monthly, and #638 in Best Sellers Yearly.

There are many things that make listeners interested in Beloved. The story is set in a time and place that is unfamiliar to most listeners, which makes it all the more fascinating. Additionally, the characters are incredibly well-developed and the plot is full of twists and turns.

Beloved is a novel about a woman named Sethe, who was a slave in the American South. She escapes to the North, where she is living with her daughter, Denver. Sethe’s former slave owner, Mr. Garner, dies, and she is forced to return to Sweet Home, the plantation where she was a slave. There, she meets Paul D, a man who was also a slave at Sweet Home. The two of them fall in love and move in together. However, Sethe’s daughter, Denver, is not happy with the situation. She is scared of Paul D and doesn’t want him to be her stepfather. Sethe is also haunted by the ghost of her dead baby, whom she killed because she didn’t want her to be a slave. The novel is about Sethe’s journey to freedom, both physical and emotional.

I think the Beloved is amazing.