Description
In a quiet Massachusetts town in the 1950s, a young woman named Boy arrives seeking a life of beauty, only to find herself entangled in a complex web of family secrets and racial identity. She marries a local widower and becomes the stepmother to his daughter, Snow, but the arrival of her own dark-skinned daughter, Bird, shatters the family's carefully constructed facade. As the Whitmans' true identities as light-skinned African Americans passing for white are revealed, the story echoes the dark undertones of a familiar fairy tale, exploring themes of race, beauty, and the dangerous allure of vanity. This novel masterfully interrogates the tyranny of the mirror, questioning the power of surfaces and the true meaning of belonging.
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paperback
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Published Jan 1, 2014
308 pages
ISBN: 9781594631399
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi.