In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens Womanist Prose by Alice Walker. First edition hardcover. Signed by the author. I purchased this book at Chanticleer Books in Sonoma, California. I was lucky enough to have the author sign it at one of her rare readings in Austin, Texas in 2001, I believe. It was purchased in this same protective dust jacket. It has been very well taken care of in a first edition book collection. It is in excellent condition with no signs of wear.