Forbidden Book Club- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Name: Forbidden Book Club- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Start: 2024-06-27T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Mokaska Coffee

Schedule

Thu Jun 27 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Mokaska Coffee | Saint Joseph, MO

Hello readers! Join us for our first ever session of Forbidden Book Club. It seemed fitting that our first novel is "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.
"In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment."
We encourage you to read The Bluest Eye and join us for a guided discussion on the themes of this acclaimed novel. If you are unable to acquire a copy to read, please message us and let us know and we will try to provide one for you!
We will also be accepting gently used copies of books to share amongst the community for those that are interested, but readers aren't required to bring anything but their minds and their voices.
Although The Forbidden Book Club is open to readers of all ages and skill levels, we would like to disclose this book does contain potentially triggering subjects including racism and sexual abuse. This novel is recommended for 9th grade to adult level readers.
We hope to see you there!