Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God.".
The author relates how old Mr. Sweet, though often on the verge of dying, could always be revived by the loving attention that she and her brother gave him.
Contains a collection of meditations by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author in which she reflects on a variety of topics; including racism, war, and the environment.
A collection of essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, in which she discusses the roots of her cultural, political, and spiritual activism, and offers her opinions on a wide range of public and private issues.
Tashi, an African woman married to an African-American missionary, struggles to deal with the psychological effects of the brutal circumcision she underwent in adolescence, which causes her son brain damage in birth and results in her facing a murder charge.
