Note: Register for the first date (2/9/2023) to attend all dates.

Thursdays 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, & 3/2/2023 (in-person, free books for participants)

• Feb 9: Intros and book giveaways
• Feb 16: Forward to Here Is the Family, pgs 2-60
• Feb 23: Winter to See Mother, pgs 61-131
• Mar 2: See Father at end of the book, pgs 132-end

The Bluest Eye is 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 marigolds in the Breedloves’ garden do not bloom. Pecola’s life does change- in painful, devastating ways.

It’s a vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child’s yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye remains one of Toni Morrisons’s most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.

Book clubs help build community and restore the beauty of reading. Imagine if you had a support circle that loved to read and build engaging interactions around books and the questions you encounter while reading.

Each week, One Book One Bronx hosts restorative conversations related to gentrification, social justice, women’s empowerment, criminal justice, and racial inequality. The program reflects the borough’s racial, economic, and gender demographics and builds bridges to engagement while (re)sparking a love of literature.

Time: 7:00 PM EST

Free!

Registration