Boy, snow, bird : a novel / Helen Oyeyemi.
"A reimagining of the Snow White story set in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s"-- Provided by publisher.
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-- the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white. Now Boy, Snow, and Bird must confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594631395
- ISBN: 9781594631399
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
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- Subject:
- Fairy tales > Adaptations.
Passing (Identity) > Fiction.
Stepmothers > Fiction.
Massachusetts > Fiction. - Genre:
- Adaptations.
Fantasy fiction.
Available copies
- 30 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | FIC OYE (Text) | 30229100929966 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
