One Book One Bronx: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

NOTE: REGISTER FOR THE FIRST DATE (2/9/2023) TO ATTEND ALL DATES.

Join us for our discussion of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, 206 pgs

Thursdays 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, & 3/2/2023 (in-person, free books for participants)

Feb 9: Intros and book giveaways

Feb 16: Forward to Here Is the Family, pgs 2-60

Feb 23: Winter to See Mother, pgs 61-131

Mar 2: See Father to end of book, pgs 132-end

The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's life does change- in painful, devastating ways.

What its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye remains one of Toni Morrisons's most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.

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Each week, One Book One Bronx hosts restorative conversations related to gentrification, social justice, women’s empowerment, criminal justice, and racial inequality. The program reflects the borough's racial, economic, and gender demographics and builds bridges to engagement while (re)sparking a love of literature.

Host or Publisher Literary Freedom Project