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Feb 10, 2019
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Read by Toni Morrison and Ruby Dee, this book is a stunner.
It is 1941 and the place is Loraine Ohio. First we encounter nine-year-old Claudia MacTeer and her ten-year-old sister, Frieda MacTeer, who live in an old house. It is near the end of the Great Depression, and their family struggles to make ends meet. They later take in a young girl named Pecola Breedlove because her father, Cholly Breedlove, burned her family's house down and ended up in jail.
It is Pecola who feels ugly and wants blue e ...more
It is 1941 and the place is Loraine Ohio. First we encounter nine-year-old Claudia MacTeer and her ten-year-old sister, Frieda MacTeer, who live in an old house. It is near the end of the Great Depression, and their family struggles to make ends meet. They later take in a young girl named Pecola Breedlove because her father, Cholly Breedlove, burned her family's house down and ended up in jail.
It is Pecola who feels ugly and wants blue e ...more
2022
1999 - 4 STARS
It reminded me of The Color Purple. It is well-written and heartbreaking.
1999 - 4 STARS
It reminded me of The Color Purple. It is well-written and heartbreaking.
This is the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven year old African American girl who wishes she had blue eyes. Why blue eyes? In the early 1960s, girls with blonde hair and blue eyes are the epitome of beauty and more than anything Pecola wishes to be beautiful. Toni Morrison writes with beautiful lyrical language to describe the awful experiences of the characters in her story. And, yes, there are triggers in this story from rape to racism, and I would be mindful of selecting this book if those
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Jul 17, 2025
Rute
marked it as to-read
