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    Jump At the Sun
    Jump At the Sun
    Jump At the Sun
    Audiobook1 hour

    Jump At the Sun

    Written by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson

    Narrated by David Downing and Full Cast

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    As the twenties roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. Jump at the Sun chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of “Their Eyes Are Watching God”) 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.

    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Downing, Cyndi James Gossett, Tommy Hicks, Lamakhosi Kunene, John LaFayette, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Loren Lester, Tina Lifford, Nan Martin, Marian Mercer, Felton Perry and Esther Scott.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateJan 1, 2001
    ISBN9781580814676
    Jump At the Sun

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    • 4/5
      Moving play based on the life of Zora Neal Hurston. It has made me want to read some more of Hurston's writings, maybe some of her short stories...
    • 3/5
      I love L.A. Theatre Works audiobooks, but this was a tough one to listen to and not be able to see. The scenes were short - almost as if they were being written for a movie and not a play - and therefore the whole work seemed a bit disjointed. I enjoyed learning more about Hurston's life, but it didn't come off as emotionally compelling.