{"product_id":"in-search-of-our-mothers-gardens-womanist-prose-paperback","title":"In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis edition includes a new Letter to the Reader by Alice Walker.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published forty years ago, Alice Walker's first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant. In these thirty-six essays, Walker contemplates her own work and that of other writers, considers the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and writes vividly and courageously about a scarring childhood injury. Throughout, Walker explores the theories and practices of feminism, incorporating what she calls the \"womanist\" tradition of black women--insights that are vital to understanding our lives and society today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"When I graduated from college, my father gave me Alice Walker's \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Our Mothers' Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e. It was a beaten-up paperback in 1999, and it's even more battered now.\" --Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764742979872,"sku":"9780063346840","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c66ed60bb32eeaa539be93551cb353f.webp?v=1780254022","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-search-of-our-mothers-gardens-womanist-prose-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}