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Violence
Some
Moderate
Language
Barely any
Mild
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate
What this book is about
A Black woman in early-20th-century Florida narrates her journey through three marriages in search of love and selfhood, in Hurston's lyrical masterwork of the Harlem Renaissance.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Domestic violence in second marriage
A mercy killing at the climax
Period racism and its casual cruelty
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