Modern Classics (Pb): Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hardcover)

from nancenwv

I almost put this book down in the beginning because the dialect is so intense I was having trouble hearing it in my mind. I'm glad I persevered. Interesting to read about its reviews through various decades and see that people were so focused on race they missed that it's really about women. Mor...

from DKnight0918

I loved this book. One of the best I've read in Southern lit. so far. I can't wait to read some of her other books. I loved it again after re-reading it.

from snat

Another book that I recently re-read that stands up well to a second reading. Hurston's novel, unlike many classics, is as impressive and as relevant today as it was when written. Hurston's story of Janie, a fair-skinned black woman caught in the time period between the end of slavery and the civ...

from LisaMaria_C

I remember adoring this book the first time I read it. So much so, that when I was sharing with a new-found friend the books I found most amazing, this one sprang immediately to mind. She didn't care for it though, and on reread though I still love it, I think I can understand why this wouldn't a...

from Donna828

This book makes me glad to be a reader. I was transported back to another time and place in America's history. Through the eyes and voice of Janie Crawford, granddaughter of a slave, it's possible to know the complexities of living in rural Florida during a time when black women were treated much...