Home

Home is a 2012 novel by Toni Morrison. It is the tale of two siblings Frank Money, a veteran of the Korean War, and his younger sister, Ycindra, called Cee. After receiving an omnious note stating that her sister would 'be dead' if he doesn't come back to his hometown of Lotus, Georgia, Frank escapes from the hospital where he has woken up, and journeys North to South dealing with Jim Crow and his own demons along the way.


 * Barefoot Poverty - Frank's lack of shoes is a major plot point.
 * Big Brother Instinct - Frank has always protected his little sister.
 * The Homeward Journey - Frank's journey back to Lotus
 * Sanity Slippage - At the beginning of the book, Frank is at the end point of one having being committed to a mental ward.
 * Mad Doctor -  has been experimenting with eugenics by sterilizing his staff.
 * War Is Hell - Frank's view of the Korean War - his best friends die, children are shot while searching for food...
 * You Are Better Than You Think You Are - Cee is told this by a group of wise quilting women after