Their Eyes Were Watching God
A Classic That Tries Too Hard Author: Zora Neale Hurston It’s 1930s in the Deep South and Janie Crawford, a young black woman, wants more than the status quo. As spring approaches and the promise in the tree buds spark Janie’s own internal growth and longing, her well meaning mother, a former slave, sets Janie down the path of marriage and a steady life. But Janie wants love. Wants choice. Wants more from life than her mother could have ever imagined and far more than the times allow. Through three marriages, Janie experiences the heartbreak of being a man’s object, until [...]
