The Bluest Eye - Paperback

by Toni Morrison (Author), Jacqueline Woodson (Introduction by)

The Bluest Eye – Paperback by Toni Morrison is a powerful literary classic examining beauty standards, racial identity, childhood trauma, poverty, and the damaging effects of prejudice.

Set in Lorain, Ohio, the novel follows Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old Black girl who believes that having blue eyes would make her beautiful, accepted, and worthy of love. Surrounded by racism, cruelty, and impossible beauty ideals, Pecola’s longing reveals how deeply society’s expectations can shape a child’s identity.

Through lyrical prose and multiple perspectives, Toni Morrison explores race, class, gender, family, and belonging. This national bestseller is an important choice for readers of American literature, book clubs, classrooms, and customers searching for thought-provoking fiction at a Pittsburgh bookstore.

Book Highlights

• Written by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
• Paperback edition
• Toni Morrison’s acclaimed debut novel
• National bestseller
• Follows eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove
• Set in Lorain, Ohio
• Explores race, identity, beauty, class, gender, and childhood
• Examines the consequences of social prejudice and harmful beauty standards
• Suitable for literary-fiction readers and book-club discussions
• Number of pages: 224
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date for this edition: May 8, 2007

Author Biography

TONI MORRISON is the author of eleven novels and three essay collections. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.