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Author:

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Title:

Now is the time to open your heart : a novel / Alice Walker.

Edition:

1st large print ed.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

302 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Fiction.
Separation (Psychology)--Fiction.
Amazon River Region--Fiction.
Shamanism--Fiction.
Travelers--Fiction.
Hawaii--Fiction.
Large type books.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.

Summary:

For many years, Alice Walker has been known for her outspoken positions against racism, sexism, and colonialism. Now, she takes her crusade into the midst of her fiction, as her protagonist (greatly resembling herself) sheds the burdens and blessings of her past to come to terms with an actuality heightened by the transcendental images of magical realism. To be purified, she must go down two rivers. First, there's the Colorado, where she takes an all-female white-water rafting trip which makes her decide to pursue celibacy. Then, there's the Amazon, where she purges her past using yage, a hallucinogenic herb which brings her closer to the World-Grandmother-Spirit. At last, she reaches a place of love and wholeness.

ISBN:

9780375433146 (lg. print)
0375433147 (lg. print)

LCCN:

2004044933

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)