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In Search of Our Mother's Gardens
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
In Search of Our Mother's Gardens
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Alice Walker
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 131 |
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Category/Genre | Literary essays |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780753819609
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Classifications | Dewey:818.5408 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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Imprint |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Publication Date |
20 October 2005 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This collection of essays is a celebration of the legacy of creativity - especially the rich vein of women's stories and spirituality through the ages and how they nourish the present. Alice Walker traces the umbilical thread linking writers through history - from her discovery of Zora Neale Hurston and her collections of black folklore, to the work of Jean Toomer, Buchi Emecheta and Flannery O'Connor. She also looks back at the highs and lows of the civil rights movement, her early political development, and the place of women's traditions in art. Coining the expression 'womanist prose', these are essays that value women's culture and strength, and the handing on of the creative spark from one generation to another.
Author Biography
Alice Walker won the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award for The Color Purple. She is the author of many bestselling novels, essays and collections of poetry including Meridian, By the Light of My Father's Smile and The Third Life of Grange Copeland.
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