Wrapped In Rainbows: A Biography of Zora Neale Hurston - Softcover

Valerie Boyd has written an impressive, well-researched and thorough detailed book of [Zora Neale Hurston's] life (Morning Star )

If you don't know anything about Zora Neale Hurston, now is definitely the time to find out. In other words this is a must-read ((Voice) )

Valerie Boyd has exhausted the available sources to uncover all the strands of Hurston's life ((Glasgow Herald) )

Boyd has brought Hurston back to life in this fascinating, well documented work (Scotland on Sunday )

An examination of Zora Neale Hurston in all her complexities and contradictions, providing the kind of scrutiny of the author's life that is missing from the literature. The biography addresses numerous issues that have remained under-explored and warrant further inquiry. For example, what was Zora Neale Hurston doing during the 'missing 10 years', now that her birthdate has been confirmed as 1891and not 1901. What role did hoodoo/voodoo really play in her life? What about her relationships with women? Questions answered in this exhaustive biography. Wrapped in Rainbows is a vivid and authoritative portrait of one of this century's most fascinating writers. Nearly every black woman writer of significance has publicly acknowledged Hurston as a literary foremother. Drawing on meticulous research and a wealth of crucial information about Hurston that has emerged over the past twenty years, Valerie Boyd presents a full picture of the writer and the woman.