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Title: The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker ISBN: 0-671-68399-3 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Incredible Book
Comment: I purchased my version of Temple of My Familiar when I was working in Frankfurt, Germany. I didn't speak the language and stumbled across a kiosk in the center of the city that sold a few books in English and this was one of them. Not having read any Walker before, but knowing her reputation as a wonderful writer, I purchased the book and devoured it in one sitting. At first hungry for English, I realized I was savoring a masterpiece. Walker deftly intertwines the lives (and past lives) of numerous characters from the US, England, and Africa and gives incredible perspectives of many different perspectives of the native/colonial African experience as well as the experience of men and women in the racially divided US. I ended up rereading the book numerous times while in Europe and I periodically find myself rereading it every few months. Each character is on a personal journey to find themselves and honesty and caring for others is a key component to their discovery. A great message and a skillfully written book.
Rating: 5
Summary: It will change your life if you let it!
Comment: I too was surprised by the other customer reviews and I feel the need to defend this extraordinary book that touched my life as no other before it has. There are many underlying messages in this novel that may remain unseen by one who reads what is merely on the surface. The imperfection of human emotion, the inexplicable forces of attraction, and the chains of one's past are all important issues that Ms. Walker delves into with style and grace. Yet at no time did I feel I was receiving too much information. On the contrary, I couldn't put the book down because I was so thirsty for more. The everyday, and not-so-everyday struggles of these amazing characters made these stories so touching and real that I found myself talking about them as if they were familiar friends. I feel that one of the most important issue that Ms. Walker deals with in this novel is the very true and very devastating change from the worship of the goddess to the god. She explains this transformation in such a way that any woman - or man for that matter - can understand and feel this pain as they should, for it affects all of our lives - now and forever. For those of you who have not read this book, please do so with an open heart and mind and I promise that you will receive the message that is meant for you. For those of you who have read it and did not understand it, I urge you to read again and again. You will see things that you never knew were there: in the book as well as inside yourself.
Rating: 4
Summary: a good read
Comment: A good book but not nearly as endearing as The Color Purple.
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Title: Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker ISBN: 0671789422 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Color Purple by Alice Walker ISBN: 0671727796 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker ISBN: 0156997789 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 05 March, 1982 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker ISBN: 0345407954 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: By the Light of My Father's Smile : A Novel by Alice Walker ISBN: 0345426061 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 31 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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