The Temple of My Familiar (The Color Purple Collection Book 2)
<b>The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Color Purple</i> weaves a “glorious and iridescent” tapestry of interrelated lives in this <i>New York Times</i> bestseller (<i>Library Journal</i>).</b><br /><br /> In<i> The Temple of My Familiar</i>, Celie and Shug from <i>The Color Purple</i> subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all 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, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives.  <br /><br /> As Walker follows these astonishing characters, she weaves a new mythology from old fables and history, a profoundly spiritual explanation for centuries of shared African-American experience.<br /><br /> This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.<br /><br /> The Temple of My Familiar <i>is the 2nd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes </i>The Color Purple<i> and</i> Possessing the Secret of Joy.