Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler

264 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press

Dana, a young, Black writer, is repeatedly sent back in time from her late 20th Century cosmopolitan life in Los Angeles to a Maryland slave plantation where she encounters her ancestors. To save herself and return to her own time, she must make impossible choices, and is caught up in the dynamics that created the modern world she came from. This stunning story is Butler's most acclaimed novel, and for good reason.