false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179269753m/896313.jpg 60943 10 <div>In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as a<br>black woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging<br>from the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays about<br>other writers, accounts of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the<br>antinuclear movement of the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring<br>childhood injury and her daughter&#8217;s healing words.<br></div> 525938 1983 In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose total:797|5:263|4:332|3:173|2:24|1:5| 797 3215 1073 37 0 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 07 18:16:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:21:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 09 08:34:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 08:36:26 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Tue Sep 15 12:59:33 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 06:16:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 17:01:21 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 07:01:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 14:08:40 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:08:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 10:30:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:47:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 18:56:41 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 10 08:37:28 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 22 18:56:41 -0800 2009 There are plenty of strong theories here, but I strongly prefer the bits where Walker shares personal rules and anecdotes: a call in the middle of the night; standing on Hurston's overgrown, snake-lurking grave; sharing lunch with her mother near Flannery O'Connor's home...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 01:26:03 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 01:26:14 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 05:42:14 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 08:54:08 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Aug 02 10:31:20 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 10:34:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 23:01:04 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 23:04:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Aug 13 23:49:56 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 23:53:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 12 15:37:09 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 15:57:33 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 15:15:08 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 15:17:42 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Mar 05 02:47:13 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 02:48:29 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Oct 08 12:33:16 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 10:23:10 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Nov 28 21:29:17 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 21:30:13 -0800 2007

]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 15:35:14 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 15:39:08 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jun 02 08:28:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 07 11:06:06 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 02 08:28:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Aug 22 21:52:28 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 21:53:30 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=896313