卓拉.尼尔.赫斯特于1934年发表了她的第一部长篇小说《Jonah'sGourdVine》(《乔纳的葫芦蔓》)，故事发生在佛罗里达小镇，讲述的是两个与她父母很相似的人物。

Zora Neale Hurston published her first book, "Jonah's Gourd Vine, " in nineteen thirty-four. The story takes place in a small Florida town.