Toni Morrison's "Tar Baby" (1981)

I really enjoyed reading this book because it presented cultures that were so different to mine and yet I was still able to empathise with the characters. I also enjoyed the mystical/mythical aspects of the work, although that might not be for everyone. This is a story that has remained with me because I cared about the people in it, and the way that it dealt with acts of evil committed by complicated people who were at their core not evil themselves. It shows how we can hurt the ones we love and take advantage of them and that sometimes, redemption is just plain refused.