In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose -- Alice Walker

<p><strong>In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.</strong></p><p><em>This edition includes a new Letter to the Reader by Alice Walker.</em></p><p>Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker's first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant. In these thirty-six essays, Walker contemplates her own work and that of other writers, considers the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and writes vividly and courageously about a scarring childhood injury. Throughout, Walker explores the theories and practices of feminism, incorporating what she calls the "womanist" tradition of black women--insights that are vital to understanding our lives and society today.</p><p><strong>"When I graduated from college, my father gave me Alice Walker's <em>In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens</em>. It was a beaten-up paperback in 1999, and it's even more battered now." --Jesmyn Ward</strong></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Alice Walker<br><b>Publisher:</b> Amistad Press<br><b>Published:</b> 11/28/2023<br><b>Pages:</b> 432<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.70lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.37w x 0.83d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780063346840<br><b>Age Range:</b> 14-UP