Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

By Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd (editor),

Book cover of Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000

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'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage

From the acclaimed author Alice Walker - winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize - comes an unprecedented compilation of four decades' worth of journals that…

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1 author picked Gathering Blossoms Under Fire as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alice Walker is one of my constant and favorite authors and I find myself re-reading her works often. I was fortunate enough to be part of a discussion of this book with Alice Walker present and was in awe of how forthright she was. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire is a collection of her journals that shared such intimate moments from her life.

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