The Temple of My Familiar -- Alice Walker

<strong>A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> BESTSELLER. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <em>The Color Purple</em> weaves a "glorious and iridescent" tapestry of interrelated lives in this gorgeous novel (<em>Library Journal</em>).</strong><br/><br/>In <em>The Temple of My Familiar</em>, Celie and Shug from <em>The Color Purple</em> subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America, to Celie's own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives. <br/><br/>As Walker follows these astonishing characters, she weaves a new mythology from old fables and history, a profoundly spiritual explanation for centuries of shared African-American experience.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Alice Walker<br><b>Publisher:</b> Amistad Press<br><b>Published:</b> 09/03/2010<br><b>Pages:</b> 432<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.88lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.96h x 5.60w x 1.01d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780547480008<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 7.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 23<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>8673 / Temple of My Familiar<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Best-selling novelist ALICE WALKER is also the author of three collections of sho