Sue E. (Susanaque) - , reviewed on 6/25/2006 + 422 more book reviews

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This was Tony Morrison's first novel. Takes place in the author's hometown of Lorain, Ohio in the early 40's. Pecola Breedlove who loved all of the blue eyed children in America. She wished her eyes would turn blue, so that she would be beautiful, so that people would look at her, so that her world would be different. The story ofthe nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fullfillment.

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