Jump at the Sun

As the twenties roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of ) who went from spinning tales on the front porch of a country store, to writing prize-winning stories, novels and plays. Imbued with the rhymes and rhythms of the Jazz Age, Hurston’s story reveals a woman’s ferocious appetite for life, literature and love.