This book is not for everyone. But for someone who has been powerfully affected by Walker's work for nearly half his life, for someone deeply interested in both spirituality and politics and peace, Alice Walker speaks right to the soul.

I've read this book several times already, usually just a chapter at a time before bed. Any chapter is a good place to start. Walker makes me think and makes me feel good. She challenges me to act. Actually, I wouldn't have my second cat, Talulah, if not for this book, and its series of speeches and meditations are worth rereading again and again.

This isn't a perfect collection, and her politics will be way out there for some folks, but for the spiritual fodder she continues to offer me, I'm in debt to her.