A novel about a character from Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. This is Tashi's story, a shattering account of a young African woman whose decision to go through the female initiation ceremony has terrible consequences.

Meridian Hill is a young woman at an Atlanta college attempting to find her place in the revolution for racial and social equality. She discovers the limits beyond which she will not go for the cause, but despite her decision not to follow the path of some of her peers, she makes significant sacrifices in order to further her beliefs. Working in a campaign to register African American voters, Meridian cares broadly and deeply for the people she visits, and, while her coworkers quit and move to comfortable homes, she continues to work in the deep South despite a paralyzing illness. Meridian's...

A fantastic collection of stories - funny, touching, surprising - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE

'A romance of the last 500,000 years' from the Pulitzer prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.

The new novel from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, 'This legendary writer, who with her pen has changed lives and moved minds' (Pride)

A memoir about keeping chickens from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE