Teaser Tuesday: Their Eyes Were Watching God

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

Grab your current read.

Let the book fall open to a random page.

Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.

You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

Please avoid spoilers!

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston page 92.

She almost apologized to the tenants the first time she collected the rents. Felt like a usurper.

I have no idea what the word usurper means so I looked it up on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Site. This following is cut and paste from that site.

Main Entry: usurp

Pronunciation: \yu̇-ˈsərp also -ˈzərp\

Function: verb

transitive verb
a: to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right <usurp a throne> b: to take or make use of without right <usurped the rights to her life story>2: to take the place of by or as if by force : supplant usurp careful judgment>
intransitive verb:
to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully

— usur·pa·tion \ˌyü-sər-ˈpā-shən also ˌyü-zər-\ noun

— usurp·er \yu̇-ˈsər-pər also -ˈzər-\ noun

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