How I Became Hettie Jones

Set in the vibrant Greenwich Village of the 1950s, this audiobook chronicles the life of Hettie Cohen, a middle-class Jewish woman from Queens who defies societal norms by marrying the bold Black poet LeRoi Jones. Together, they navigate the bohemian culture of the East Village, surrounded by cultural giants like Allen Ginsberg, Thelonious Monk, and Billie Holiday, in a landscape rich with underground publishing and jazz.