{"product_id":"wrapped-in-rainbows-valerie-boyd-9780743253291","title":"Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom critically acclaimed journalist Valerie Boyd comes an eloquent profile of one of the most intriguing cultural figures of the twentieth century--Zora Neale Hurston.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman of enormous talent and remarkable drive, Zora Neale Hurston published seven books, many short stories, and several articles and plays over a career that spanned more than thirty years. Today, nearly every black woman writer of significance--including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker--acknowledges Hurston as a literary foremother, and her 1937 masterpiece \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God \u003c\/i\u003ehas become a crucial part of the modern literary canon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrapped in Rainbows\u003c\/i\u003e, the first biography of Zora Neale Hurston in more than twenty-five years, illuminates the adventures, complexities, and sorrows of an extraordinary life. Acclaimed journalist Valerie Boyd delves into Hurston's history--her youth in the country's first incorporated all-black town, her friendships with luminaries such as Langston Hughes, her sexuality and short-lived marriages, and her mysterious relationship with vodou. With the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, and World War II as historical backdrops, \u003ci\u003eWrapped in Rainbows\u003c\/i\u003e not only positions Hurston's work in her time but also offers riveting implications for our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743253299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743253291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 73","brand":"Valerie Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051180847359,"sku":"9780743253291","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a8fb573-f422-4bc7-b1bb-59237ed2fb2b.jpg?v=1685011564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wrapped-in-rainbows-valerie-boyd-9780743253291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}