Their eyes were watching God /

By: Hurston, Zora NealeMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Virago modern classics ; 199 ; 199Publication details: London : Virago, 2007Edition: [New ed.] / introduced by Zadie Smith /and with an afterword by Sherley Anne WilliamsDescription: xxiv, 272 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780860685241 (pbk.) :Subject(s): African American women -- Fiction | United States -- Social conditions -- FictionGenre/Form: Classics.DDC classification: 813.52 LOC classification: PS3515.U789Summary: At the age of 16, Janie is caught kissing the shiftless Johnny Taylor, so her grandmother quickly marries her off to an old man with 60 acres. Refusing to compromise in spite of society's expectations, Janie endures two stifling marriages before meeting the man of her dreams.
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At the age of 16, Janie is caught kissing the shiftless Johnny Taylor, so her grandmother quickly marries her off to an old man with 60 acres. Refusing to compromise in spite of society's expectations, Janie endures two stifling marriages before meeting the man of her dreams.