Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism by Alice Walker (English) Pap

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From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, a unique collection of essays about her life and her activism

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'The passion of lyricism that Alice Walker put to such good use in her novel The Color Purple is here in this collection of essays' - Fay Weldon, Mail on Sunday In a world where cynicism and political apathy is commonplace, it is refreshing and inspiring to read the words of Alice Walker. For she believes that the things we treasure, and the world we live in, can all be saved if only we will act. Beginning with an autobiographical essay about the roots of her own activism, Alice Walker then goes on to explore diverse public issues such as single parenthood, freedom of the press, civil rights and religion.

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 including Meridian, By the Light of My Father's Smile and The Third Life of Grange Copeland.

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Best known for The Color Purple, Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winner whose books have sold millions of copies in the UK alone. This collection of essays gives unique insight into her life and her passions 'As a fighter against social injustice Walker is inspirational; as a black woman struggling with divorce, motherhood and catboxes, she is engaging and empathetic' Daily Telegraph 'Alice Walker is an inspired preacher whose rhetoric of hope defies the harshness of reality...her delight in life, her exuberant love of anecdote and friendship shine through...she is uniquely herself, as a writer of moving and transforming stories' Observer 'She has a way with words, an ear for cadences and - thank goodness - a sense of humour' Miranda France, Scotsman

Long Description

'The passion of lyricism that Alice Walker put to such good use in her novel The Color Purple is here in this collection of essays' - Fay Weldon, Mail on Sunday In a world where cynicism and political apathy is commonplace, it is refreshing and inspiring to read the words of Alice Walker. For she believes that the things we treasure, and the world we live in, can all be saved if only we will act. Beginning with an autobiographical essay about the roots of her own activism, Alice Walker then goes on to explore diverse public issues such as single parenthood, freedom of the press, civil rights and religion.

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From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, a unique collection of essays about her life and her activism

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Best known for The Color Purple, Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winner whose books have sold millions of copies in the UK alone. This collection of essays gives unique insight into her life and her passions

Details ISBN0753819546 Author Alice Walker Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 2005 ISBN-10 0753819546 ISBN-13 9780753819548 Format Paperback Publication Date 2005-02-17 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 814.54 Birth 1944 Pages 288 Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Short Title Anything We Love Can Be Saved Language English Media Book Subtitle A Writer's Activism UK Release Date 2005-02-17 Audience General NZ Release Date 2005-04-30 AU Release Date 2005-04-30 We've got this

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