{"product_id":"the-bluest-eyebooks","title":"The Bluest Eye","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedlove's garden do not blom, Pecola's life does change--in painful, devastating ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith it's vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremains one of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels--and a significant work of American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morrison, Toni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US) (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":43090665832672,"sku":"","price":11.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/5219.jpg?v=1657134544","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bluest-eyebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}