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SUMMARY:Rock Banned Book Club: "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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DESCRIPTION:PGCMLS and PGCOHR host a monthly book club to explore the top 
 10 challenged books of 2022. This month's discussion features "The Bluest 
 Eye" by Toni Morrison.\n\n.\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/9710511
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.in
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 ><strong>About the Book</strong></p>\n<p>The Bluest Eye&nbsp\;is Toni Morr
 ison's first novel\, a book heralded for its richness of language and bold
 ness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain\, Ohio\, i
 t tells the story of black\, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola pray
 s for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved a
 s all the blond\, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941\, t
 he year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's lif
 e does change&mdash\;in painful\, devastating ways.</p>\n<p>What its vivid
  evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning\,
  and the tragedy of its fulfillment.&nbsp\;The Bluest Eye&nbsp\;remains on
 e of Toni Morrisons's most powerful\, unforgettable novels- and a signific
 ant work of American fiction. (Source: The Publisher)</p>\n<p>Find the boo
 k in our collection: <a href="https://catalog.pgcmls.info/polaris/search/t
 itle.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&amp\;pos=3&amp\;cn=385038">Book</a> | <a href="
 https://catalog.pgcmls.info/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&amp
 \;pos=4&amp\;cn=627921">Ebook</a>&nbsp\;| <a href="https://catalog.pgcmls.
 info/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&amp\;pos=5&amp\;cn=185678"
 >Audiobook</a> | <a href="https://catalog.pgcmls.info/polaris/search/title
 .aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&amp\;pos=2&amp\;cn=650713">Eaudiobook</a></p>\n<p><
 strong>About Toni Morrison</strong></p>\n<p>Toni Morrison (born Chloe Arde
 lia Wofford) was an American author\, editor\, and professor who won the 1
 993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author "who in novels character
 ized by visionary force and poetic import\, gives life to an essential asp
 ect of American reality."</p>\n<p>Her novels are known for their epic them
 es\, vivid dialogue\, and richly detailed African American characters\; am
 ong the best known are her novels "The Bluest Eye\," "Song of Solomon\," a
 nd "Beloved\," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 s
 he was named one of "The 30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Hom
 e Journal.</p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming programs</strong></p>\n<p>March 13\, 2
 024 - "A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas<br />April 10\, 2024 - "
 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" by&nbsp\;Jesse Andrews<br />May 8\, 2024 -
  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen&nbsp\;Chbosky<br />June 12\,
  2024 - "This Book is Gay" by&nbsp\;Juno Dawson</p>\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet
 .info/event/9710511
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