Boy, Snow, Bird

"Boy, Snow, Bird" is a modern deconstruction of the Snow White and evil stepmother fairy tale. In the '50s, Boy is a young woman who escapes from an abusive father to create a new life in Massachusetts. Although not very adept at or desirous of having a relationship, she falls in love with a local widower who has a daughter, Snow. They marry and have a happy family, although Boy's relationship with Snow is both great and strange. They have a daughter of their own, Bird, but the child is very dark-skinned. Her husband and his family have been keeping a secret. They are light-skinned African-Americans passing as white. In a strange twist, Boy sends Snow to live with her sister-in-law and raises Bird, protecting the child from the prejudice of her in-laws amidst the civil rights era.

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