The Bluest Eye
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The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

Publication Year 1970
Pages 183
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Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes.

In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting. Her father would stop drinking. Her brother would stop running away. If only she could be beautiful. If only people would look at her.

When someone finally did, it was her father, drunk. He raped her. Soon she would bear his child...

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ISBN: 9780452287068

Book Information
  • ISBN: 9780452287068
  • Edition: 1. edition
  • Publication Year: 1970
  • Page Count: 183 pages
  • Language: English
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  • Added by: Library Clerk
  • Date: 22 October 2025
  • Status: Approved
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