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We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For by Alice Walker

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

Inner Light in a Time of Darkness: Meditations

by Alice Walker

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  • Nov 2006, 128 pages
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A beautifully packaged book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the incomparable Pulitzer Prize-winner—a woman who has devoted her life to befriending the earth.

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"Despite the annoying inclusion of homework-like assignments at the end of most essays, this book will inspire hope." - PW.

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Alice Walker is a renowned American author and activist. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Her other bestselling novels include We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, Possessing the Secret of Joy and The Temple of My Familiar. She is also the author of several collections of short stories, essays, poetry, and some children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. She began writing at the early age of eight, publishing her first story in 1965 at the age of 21. She travels extensively for her activism, standing up for economically, spiritually and politically oppressed people. She worked as a social worker and teacher, and was actively involved in the Civil ...

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