Now is the Time to Open Your Heart by Alice Walker (English) Paperback Book

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The new novel from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, 'This legendary writer, who with her pen has changed lives and moved minds' (Pride)

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Kate has always been a wanderer. A well-published author, married several times, she has lived a life full of exploration. Now, as she begins to feel the first ravages of age, she wants to find a new sense of meaning. She leaves her lover Yolo on a journey down the Colorado River - a journey that will force her to re-explore her past and her future, and her connection to the real world. On her travels she meets shamans and the mysterious spiritual world of the native Indian. Yolo too begins his own journey as he travels to Hawaii and meets a former lover whose life is being destroyed by the excesses of American society. As Kate and Yolo gain shifting insights into the world around them, will their paths diverge or lead back to each other? This is a novel very much in tune with the zeitgeist - Alice Walker argues that we need to look inwards and develop a more open attitude in order to combat the pervasive climate of fear and distrust.

Notes

The new novel from the author of The Colour Purple. A novel that explores our need to look inwards and develop a more open attitude in order to combat the pervasive climate of fear and distrust.

Author Biography

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award for The Color Purple. She is the author of many bestselling novels, essays and collections of poetry.

Review

engaging - OBSERVER (16.10.05)[a] likeable, warm-hearted tale. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (6.11.05) - David Robson

Promotional

Hardback in Heat magazine top ten! THE COLOR PURPLE has sold over a million copies in total, and is on a wide variety of university reading lists. Phoenix has already sold 46,000 copies in 9 months 'Walker's writing is languid and effortlessly graceful, and has not lost its power to prod at the sorest, most critical anxieties of the human condition...hers is an eternal message that never loses its relevance' INDEPENDENT 'Both intellectually stimulating and a rip-roaring read...For fans of Alice Walker this is a treat; for those new to her it is a revelation' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Perfect for those who love a good story, brilliantly told' RED

Long Description

Kate has always been a wanderer. A well-published author, married several times, she has lived a life full of exploration. Now, as she begins to feel the first ravages of age, she wants to find a new sense of meaning. She leaves her lover Yolo on a journey down the Colorado River - a journey that will force her to re-explore her past and her future, and her connection to the real world. On her travels she meets shamans and the mysterious spiritual world of the native Indian. Yolo too begins his own journey as he travels to Hawaii and meets a former lover whose life is being destroyed by the excesses of American society. As Kate and Yolo gain shifting insights into the world around them, will their paths diverge or lead back to each other? This is a novel very much in tune with the zeitgeist - Alice Walker argues that we need to look inwards and develop a more open attitude in order to combat the pervasive climate of fear and distrust.

Review Quote

'engaging'

Promotional "Headline"

The new novel from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, 'This legendary writer, who with her pen has changed lives and moved minds' (Pride)

Description for Sales People

Hardback in Heat magazine top ten!THE COLOR PURPLE has sold over a million copies in total, and is on a wide variety of university reading lists. Phoenix has already sold 46,000 copies in 9 months

Details ISBN0753819570 Author Alice Walker Audience Age 16-99 Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 2005 ISBN-10 0753819570 ISBN-13 9780753819579 Format Paperback Publication Date 2005-09-01 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Birth 1944 Media Book Language English Pages 240 Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson UK Release Date 2005-09-01 Audience General NZ Release Date 2005-11-30 AU Release Date 2005-11-30 We've got this

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