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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose Paperback – May 19, 2003

by Alice Walker (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 543 ratings
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Alice Walker's collection of essays ranging in topics from personal to political. "Thoughtful, intelligent, resonant musings." — Kirkus Reviews

In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as a black woman, writer, mother, and feminist. Among the thirty-six pieces are essays about other writers, accounts of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring childhood injury and her daughter’s healing words.
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  1. Print length
    418 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    May 19, 2003
  4. Reading age
    14 years and up
  5. Dimensions
    5.31 x 0.99 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0156028646
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0156028646
  8. Lexile measure
    1160L
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  • Annon
    5.0 out of 5 stars In Search of Our Mother's Garden's
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2024
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    In Search of Our Mother's Garden's, I found my own field of wild flowers. Cathartic and necessary coming-of-age collection of writings.

    Love her and leave her wild.

    Absolutely beautiful
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  • Vaibhav Krishna Rao
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    Reviewed in India on June 10, 2017
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    Thank you Amazon. Great
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  • gee
    5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2019
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    I loved this book! I enjoyed the little history and past events of my roots!!
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  • AuntyB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2014
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    An uplifting and inspiring read. Alice Walker discusses and redefines the experience of being a woman in the twenty first century. A soulful collection of essays.
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  • Tom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2017
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    On time, as expected, no hassles, Happy
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