The Temple of My Familiar

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by Alice Walker

A visionary cast of characters weave together their past and present in a brilliantly intricate tapestry of tales.

It is the story of the dispossessed and displaced, of peoples whose history is ancient and whose future is yet to come. Here we meet Lissie, a woman of many pasts; Arveyda the great guitarist and his Latin American wife who has had to flee her homeland; Suwelo, the history teacher, and his former wife Fanny who has fallen in love with spirits. Hovering tantalisingly above their stories are Miss Celie and Shug, the beloved characters from THE COLOUR PURPLE.

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I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.

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I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.

— Alice Walker, The Temple of My Familiar