Milkman was born when a man threw himself off a room attempting to flee his crimes. Since then, Milkman has also been trying to fly, and find his “people”
Take My Hand is the story of a young African-American nurse who finds herself administering trial sterilization shots to young African-American girls.
Mr. Gaiman is a master of the modern fairytale, abstractly manipulating physics and using legends as histories (“It all depends on how you look at it”)
Set during the 1960’s, when the civil rights movement was gaining speed and atrocities went unnoticed, the book’s existence could provide life threatening