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Staff Reviews
There are only a handful of books that I find myself returning to at least once a year. The Bluest Eye is one of them, offering new discoveries with each read despite its short length. Few writers, especially with their debuts, expose the raw wounds of the human condition like Toni Morrison.
— Gage
Morrison's first and my first Morrison, at the time not much older than Pecola myself. A scathing indictment, a challenge to the status quo born of deep resilience, and a love letter to black people.
— Genay
Description
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.
