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Jul 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: relationships, women-s-fiction, strong-girls-strong-women, the-classics-club, southern, the-great-american-read
It was the inclusion of this book on PBS' The Great American Read list to finally talk me into reading this book. Now I see why people love it.

This is the story of a young black woman who grows and develops as a person through her three marriages to three very different men.

The language is beautiful and evocative, and the characters are vivid. The world Hurston creates in her story is the world of black culture, the 1930's South.

It's a magnificent story, with elements that will surprise you an ...more
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Jul 14, 2018 rated it liked it
I thought this was a good story and was sorry to read that Hurston had so many critics who didn't like it. It is always good to have a different voice in literature, and she certainly was a good one for her time. ...more
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