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. P...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.