{"product_id":"the-temple-of-my-familiar-paperback","title":"The Temple of My Familiar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this \"brilliant\" (\u003cem\u003eEssence\u003c\/em\u003e) sequel to \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e, Alice Walker weaves an intricate, rich tapestry of interrelated lives. \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\u003eCelie and Shug from \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e subtly shadow the lives of the dozens of astonishing characters in \u003cem\u003eThe Temple of My Familiar\u003c\/em\u003e, all of whom are 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, they must come to terms with the brutal stories of their ancestors in order to confront their own troubled lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the author as \"a romance of the last 500,000 years,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Temple of My Familiar \u003c\/em\u003ecreates a new mythology from old fables and history, and along with it a profoundly spiritual explanation for centuries of shared African American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The richness of [this] novel is amazing, overwhelming. A hundred themes and subjects spin through it, dozens of characters, a whirl of time and places. None is touched superficially: all the people are passionate actors and sufferers, and everything they talk about is urgent, a matter truly of life and death. They're like Dostoyevsky's characters, relentlessly raising the great moral questions and pushing one another towards self-knowledge, honesty, engagement.\" --Ursula K. LeGuin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 7.96 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Temple of My Familiar\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 23\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44260417699891,"sku":"9780063346833","price":54.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/rn_G2V4jUE9780063346833.webp?v=1778305921","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/the-temple-of-my-familiar-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}