I am explaining Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved" to an 8-year-old. Summarize the book in a way that a child would understand.
Beloved is a book based on the true story of a Black slave woman, Margaret Garner, who escaped from slavery with her husband and children in 1856. The book deals with hard topics that a child may not understand until later in life, but they are central to the experiences of the characters. Violence is one of these topics and it appears in several different ways. The main characters are Sethe and Beloved, with Sethe being based on Margaret Garner. One day, the character of Beloved shows up at her home. Beloved seems to be a reincarnation of Sethe's child who died a very long time ago. There were many bad things that happened to Sethe in her escape from slavery, and the book details the trauma and pain that culminated in the events that caused Beloved to appear.