Boy, Snow, Bird (Oyeyemi)

Book Reviews
(Starred review.) [A] retelling of the Snow White tale that plays on the concept of "fairest of them all," complete with mirrors as a recurring motif.... Oyeyemi wields her words with economy and grace, and she rounds out her story with an inventive plot and memorable characters.
Publishers Weekly


Somerset Maugham Award winner Oyeyemi reimagines Snow White in 1950s Massachusetts, where a woman must grapple with the revelation that her husband and stepdaughter are black Americans who can and do pass as white.
Library Journal


(Starred review.) Dense with fully realized characters, startling images, original observations and revelatory truths, this masterpiece engages the reader's heart and mind as it captures both the complexities of racial and gender identity in the 20th century and the more intimate complexities of love in all its guises.
Kirkus Reviews