In the restored text established by the Library of America, critically acclaimed novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston recalls her life

A moving presentation in her own words of the life of an African-American woman who rose from poverty to become an author whose work is read the world over is accompaned by an inspiring foreword by acclaimed poet Maya Angelou. Reissue. 20,000 first printing.

Full of both courage and regret, the memoir of an African-American professional woman describes her rise from a nurturing, middle-class childhood to the top of Wall Street, only to find that racism and sexism still prevail there. Reprint. NYT.