BOTW: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Taylor B.
- May 6, 2018
- 1 min read
"What she doing coming back here in dem overhalls? Can't she find no dress to put on?-- Where's dat blue satin dress she left here in?-- Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her?-- What dat ole forty year ole 'oman doin' wid her hair swinging' down her back lak some young gal?-- Where she left dat young lad of a boy she went off here wid?-- Thought she was going to marry?-- Where he left her?-- What he done wid all her money?-- Betcha he off wid some gal so young she ain't even got no hairs-- why she don't stay in her class?"
Written by: Zora Neale Hurston
Written in: 1937
Why you should read it: A fictional novel filled with rich culture and language, it will have you lost and completely devoured in Janie's story of self-discovery, heartbreak, and true love.
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