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Vorhaus, John The California Roll Crown 2010 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099564. ISBN #0307463176 / 9780307463173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vorhaus, John The California Roll Crown 2010 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099564. ISBN #0307463176 / 9780307463173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Meet Radar Hoverlander, a witty, gifted con artist with the mind of David Mamet, the voice of Tom Robbins, and the morals of a sailor on shore leave. What do the Merlin Game, the Penny Skim, the Doolally Snadoodle, and the Afterparty Snuke have in common? They re all the work of world-class con artist and master bafflegabber Radar Hoverlander. Radar s been on the snuke since childhood, but he s still looking for his California Roll, the one big scam that ll set him up in sushi for life. Trouble arrives in the stunning, sassy package of Allie Quinn either the last true innocent or a con artist so slick she makes Radar look like a Quaker. Radar s hapless sidekick, Vic Mirplo, a lovable loser who couldn t con a kid out of a candy cane, thinks Radar s being played. But if love is blind, it s also deaf, dumb and stupid, and before Radar knows it, he s sucked into a vortex of double-, triple-, quadruple-crosses that ll either net him his precious California Roll or put him in a hole in the ground. As timeless as a perpetual-motion machine, as timely as a Madoff arraignment, The California Roll brings you deep inside the world of con artistry, where every fact is fiction and the second liar never has a chance.
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Vowell, Sarah The Partly Cloudy Patriot Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134981. ISBN #0743223527 / 9780743223522. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vowell, Sarah The Partly Cloudy Patriot Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134981. ISBN #0743223527 / 9780743223522. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In "The Partly Cloudy Patriot," Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's "This American Life" -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot?Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Tom Cruise and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer; " twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration. The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon Of The Boating Party Viking 2007 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151752. ISBN #0670038547 / 9780670038541. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon Of The Boating Party Viking 2007 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151752. ISBN #0670038547 / 9780670038541. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir s masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a caf terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoir s future wife, among others, share this moment of la vie moderne , a time when social constraints were loosening and Paris was healing after the Franco-Prussian War. Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure and a yearning to create something extraordinary out of life. Renoir shared these urges and took on this most challenging project at a time of personal crises in art and love, all the while facing issues of loyalty and the diverging styles that were tearing apart the Impressionist group. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, she paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs in a brilliant portrait of her own.
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon Of The Boating Party Penguin Books 2008 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141818. ISBN #0143113526 / 9780143113522. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon of the Boating Party Penguin 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1162630. ISBN #0143113526 / 9780143113522. (keywords: Impressionism Painters French France) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion of Artemisia Penguin 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Like New. Book #or1150550. ISBN #0142001821 / 9780142001820. (keywords: GENTILESCHI 1593-1652 1653 FICTION WOMEN PAINTERS ITALY) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion Of Artemisia 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127385. ISBN #0142001821 / 9780142001820. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion Of Artemisia 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127385. ISBN #0142001821 / 9780142001820. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius.
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Vreeland, Susan The Forest Lover Viking Adult 2004 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154327. ISBN #0670032670 / 9780670032679. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan The Forest Lover Viking Adult 2004 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154327. ISBN #0670032670 / 9780670032679. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It was Emily Carr 1871 1945 like Georgia O Keeffe and Frida Kahlo who first blazed a path for modern women artists. Overcoming the confines of late Victorian culture, Carr became a major force in modern art. Her boldly original landscapes are praised today for capturing an untamed British Columbia and its indigenous peoples just before industrialization would change it forever. In her latest novel, Susan Vreeland brings to life this fiercely independent and underappreciated figure. From illegal potlatches in tribal communities to prewar Paris, where her art was exhibited in the famed Salon d Automne, Carr s story is as arresting as it is vibrant. Vreeland tells it with gusto and suspense, giving vivid portraits of Carr and the unconventional people to whom she was inevitably drawn: Sophie, a native basket maker; Harold, the son of missionaries, who embraces indigenous cultures; Fanny, a New Zealand artist who spends a summer with Carr painting in the French countryside; and Claude, a French fur trader who steals her heart. The result is a glorious novel that will appeal to lovers of art, native cultures, and lush his
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Vyleta, Dan Smoke 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077617. ISBN #0385540167 / 9780385540162. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vyleta, Dan Smoke 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077617. ISBN #0385540167 / 9780385540162. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Readers of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta s thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders and dangerous secrets. Dan Vyleta writes with intricacy and imagination and skillful pacing; never once would I have considered putting his book down. In the manner of both a Dickens novel and the best young adult adventure stories the Harry Potter series among them . . .his ending, which I wouldn t dare reveal here, is a real firecracker. Jennifer Senior, The New York Times Welcome to a Victorian England unlike any other you have experienced before. Here, wicked thoughts both harmless and hate-filled appear in the air as telltale wisps of Smoke. Young Thomas Argyle, a son of aristocracy, has been sent to an elite boarding school. Here he will be purged of Wickedness, for the wealthy do not Smoke. When he resists a sadistic headboy's temptations to Smoke, a much larger struggle beyond the school walls is revealed. Shortly thereafter, on a trip to London, Thomas and his best friend witness events that make them begin to question everything they have been taught about Smoke. And thus the adventure begins... You will travel by coach to a grand estate where secrets lurk in attic rooms and hidden laboratories; where young love blossoms; and where a tumultuous relationship between a mother and her children is the crucible in which powerful passions are kindled, and dangerous deeds must be snuffed out in a desperate race against time.
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Wachtel, Chuck Because We Are Here: Stories And Novellas hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1031451. ISBN #067083887X / 9780670838875. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waddell, Helen Peter Abelard Penguin Books 1959 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088827. ISBN #0670000515 / 9780670000517. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waddell, Helen Peter Abelard Penguin Books 1959 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088827. ISBN #0670000515 / 9780670000517. (filed under: Fiction ) *
PETER ABELARD. A NOVEL BY HELEN WADDELL. DRAWINGS BY LASZLO MATULAY. Contents include: BOOK I THE CLOISTER OF NOTRE DAME BOOK II BRITTANY 101 BOOK III PARIS 161 BOOK IV THE PARACLETE 221 BOOK I THE CLOISTER OF NOTRE DAME June 1116 May 1117 CHAPTER I Temps sen va, Et rien nai fait . . . ABELARD raised his head. It was a pleasant voice, though a little drunken, and the words came clearly enough, a trifle blurred about the con sonants, to the high window of the Maison du Poirier. The window was open, for the June night was hot, and there were few noises after ten oclock in the Place du Parvis Notre Dame. Time goes by, And naught do I. Time comes again, . . . Et ne fais rien Abelards smile broadened. I am very sure, my friend, said he, that you do not. But at any rate he had found a good tune. The listeners ear was quick. He began not ing it on the margin of his manuscript, while his brain busied itself fitting Latin words to the original a pity to waste so good a tune and so profound a se
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Wagner, Bruce I'll Let You Go 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1031112. ISBN #0812968476 / 9780812968477. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Wagner, Bruce I'll Let You Go 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1031112. ISBN #0812968476 / 9780812968477. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Twelve-year-old Toulouse Tull Trotter lives on his grandfather s vast Bel-Air parkland estate with his mother, the beautiful, drug-addicted Katrina a landscape artist who specializes in topiary labyrinths. He spends most of his time with young cousins Lucy, the girl detective, and Edward, a prodigy undaunted by the disfiguring effects of Apert Syndrome. One day, an impulsive revelation by Lucy sets in motion a chain of events that changes Tull and the Trotter family forever. In this latter-day Thousand and One Nights, a boy seeks his lost father and a woman finds her long-lost love . . . while a family of unimaginable wealth learns that its fate is bound up with two fugitives: Amaryllis, a street orphan who aspires to be a saint, and her protector, a homeless schizophrenic, clad in Victorian rags, who is accused of a horrifying crime.
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Waines, A J Girl On a Train 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1020363. ISBN #1490320040 / 9781490320045. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waines, A J Girl On a Train 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1020363. ISBN #1490320040 / 9781490320045. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Everything points to suicide - but I saw her face... Headstrong Journalist, Anna Rothman knows what suicide looks like - her own husband killed himself five years earlier. When Elly Swift, an agitated passenger beside her on a train, leaves a locket in Anna s bag before jumping onto the tracks, Anna starts asking awkward questions. But everything points to suicide and the police close the case. Anna, however, believes Elly s fears for Toby, her young nephew, missing since being snatched from St Stephen s church six months ago, fail to explain the true reason behind Elly s distress. Through a series of cryptic clues Elly left behind, Anna starts asking awkward questions, embarking on a dangerous crusade to track down Toby and find Elly s killer. But nothing is as it seems and Anna opens a can of worms that throws into question the death of her husband, five years earlier - before the threads of the mystery converge in an astonishing conclusion.
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Wakeham, Irene Strictly Confidential Pacific Press 1954 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or964269. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Wakeman, Frederic Hucksters hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1019104. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Wakeman, Frederic Shore Leave hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1101733. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waldherr, Kris Lover's Path: An Illustrated Novel 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109157. ISBN #0810957876 / 9780810957879. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waldherr, Kris Lover's Path: An Illustrated Novel 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109157. ISBN #0810957876 / 9780810957879. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Filamena Ziani is the much younger sister of the most famous courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice, Tullia Ziani. Orphaned as an infant, Filamena has come of age bent like a branch to her sister's will, sheltered and lonely in the elegant but stifling confines of their palazzo by the sea. Then a dark-haired stranger offers a gift that will change the course of her life forever: a single ripe plum, and an invitation to walk along the lover's path, wherever it may lead. The Lover's Path , a moving tale of forbidden love, is a feminist epic told in multiple layers. Through a novel combination of Filamena's narrative, famous allegorical love stories from history and mythology, sumptuously ornate illustrations, and "actual" letters to and from Filamena that must be opened to be read, Filomena's path is beautifully described and, finally, stunningly revealed. Praised by The New York Times Book Review for her "quality of myth and magic," Waldherr brings to life a remarkable period in Venetian history. Her glorious celebration of romance, the feminine spirit, and the power of love to transform will inspire and move readers everywhere.
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Waldman, Ayelet Love & Treasure 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110585. ISBN #0307739570 / 9780307739575. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waldman, Ayelet Love & Treasure 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110585. ISBN #0307739570 / 9780307739575. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A Washington Post Best Book of the Year An Oprah.com Best Book of the Year In 1945, on the outskirts of Salzburg, American soldiers discover a train filled with unspeakable riches: gold watches and wedding rings, picture frames and Shabbat candlesticks. Jack Wiseman is the lieutenant tasked with guarding this treasure in the chaotic aftermath of war a responsibility that grows more complicated when he meets Ilona, a fierce, beautiful Hungarian woman who has lost everything in the ravages of the Holocaust. Seventy years later, amid the shadowy world of art dealers who profit off the sins of previous generations, Jack gives a necklace to his granddaughter, Natalie, and charges her with returning it to its owner. And as Natalie searches for the woman whose portrait and unknown fate have come to haunt her, she will come to understand the secret her grandfather took to his grave.
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Waldman, Ayelet Love and Treasure Knopf 2014 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123730. ISBN #0385533543 / 9780385533546. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waldman, Ayelet Love and Treasure Knopf 2014 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123730. ISBN #0385533543 / 9780385533546. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A spellbinding new novel of contraband masterpieces, tragic love, and the unexpected legacies of forgotten crimes, Ayelet Waldman s Love and Treasure weaves a tale around the fascinating, true history of the Hungarian Gold Train in the Second World War. In 1945 on the outskirts of Salzburg, victorious American soldiers capture a train filled with unspeakable riches: piles of fine gold watches; mountains of fur coats; crates filled with wedding rings, silver picture frames, family heirlooms, and Shabbat candlesticks passed down through generations. Jack Wiseman, a tough, smart New York Jew, is the lieutenant charged with guarding this treasure a responsibility that grows more complicated when he meets Ilona, a fierce, beautiful Hungarian who has lost everything in the ravages of the Holocaust. Seventy years later, amid the shadowy world of art dealers who profit off the sins of previous generations, Jack gives a necklace to his granddaughter, Natalie Stein, and charges her with searching for an unknown woman a woman whose portrait and fate come to haunt Natalie, a woman whose secret may help Natalie to understand the guilt her grandfather will take to his grave and to find a way out of the mess she has made of her own life. A story of brilliantly drawn characters a suave and shady art historian, a delusive and infatuated Freudian, a family of singing circus dwarfs fallen into the clutches of Josef Mengele, and desperate lovers facing choices that will tear them apart Love and Treasure is Ayelet Waldman s finest novel to date: a sad, funny, richly detailed work that poses hard questions about the value of precious things in a time when life itself has no value, and about the slenderest of chains that can bind us to the griefs and passions of the past.
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Walker, Alice Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems (A Palm of Her Hand Project) New World Library 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134979. ISBN #1577319303 / 9781577319306. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Walker, Alice Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems (A Palm of Her Hand Project) New World Library 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134979. ISBN #1577319303 / 9781577319306. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one. from the preface I was born to grow, alongside my garden of plants, poems like this one So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home. The poems embrace our connections while celebrating the joy of individuality, the power we each share to express our truest, deepest selves. Beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others, she demonstrates that we are stronger than our circumstances. As she confronts personal and collective challenges, her words dance, sing, and heal.
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Walker, Alice Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart Random House 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or995076. ISBN #0965900606 / 9780965900607. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Walker, Alice Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart Random House 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or995076. ISBN #0965900606 / 9780965900607. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritual journey. In Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart, Alice Walker has created a work that ranks among her ?nest achievements: the story of a woman's spiritual adventure that becomes a passage through time, a quest for self, and a collision with love. Kate has always been a wanderer. A well-published author, married many times, she has lived a life rich with explorations of the natural world and the human soul. Now, at fifty-seven, she leaves her lover, Yolo, to embark on a new excursion, one that begins on the Colorado River, proceeds through the past, and flows, inexorably, into the future. As Yolo begins his own parallel voyage, Kate encounters celibates and lovers, shamans and snakes, memories of family disaster and marital discord, and emerges at a place where nothing remains but love. Told with the accessible style and deep feeling that are its author's hallmarks, Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart is Alice Walker's most surprising achievement.
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