In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
Alice Walker
(Author)
Description
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as ablack woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging
from the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays about
other writers, accounts of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the
antinuclear movement of the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring
childhood injury and her daughter's healing words.
Product Details
Price
$17.98
$16.54
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publish Date
May 17, 2004
Pages
397
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.8 X 1.1 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780156028646
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About the Author
Alice Walker is a distinguished author and activist who has written dozens of books, including novels, poems, essays, short stories, and children's books. She was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The Color Purple, which also won the National Book Award in 1983. Walker's other books include The Third Life of Grange Copeland, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy. More than fifteen million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages. As an activist, Walker focuses on issues of inequality, poverty, and social injustice.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS'GARDENS
"Reflects not only the ideas but a life that has . . . breathed color, sound, and soul
into fiction and poetry--and into our lives as well."
--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Reflects not only the ideas but a life that has . . . breathed color, sound, and soul
into fiction and poetry--and into our lives as well."
--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE