New York Times Bestseller Pecola Breedlove a young black girl prays every day for beauty.
Mocked by other children for the dark skin curly hair and brown eyes that set her apart she
yearns for normalcy for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to
finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent her life slowly starts to disintegrate in
the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and
conformity Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race class
and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing. "You can't
go wrong by reading or re-reading the collected works of Toni Morrison. Beloved Song of
Solomon The Bluest Eye Sula everything else - they're transcendent all of them. You'll be
glad you read them."--Barack Obama
