The Temple of My Familiar

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Summary: a strange unique book
Review: the temple of my familiar deals with alot of spirituality which can often be doubted ..AT times walker captures the perfect images and analogies to life and human mankind and history. she tends to run on far too often and the book begins to get boring once she drones on the same subject. However it is a good book which stimulates you to think about life and people and i recomend it to those who have the patience to read the whole novel.

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Summary: YES
Review: there is so much that can be said about this book that one little paragraph will never do it justice. Alice Walker, like always, surprises me with her words. i read temple at during a period in my life where is was appaled by the contradictions in our society. I completely fell in love with Fanny and Miss Lissie. They reflected both sides of my thought. Their journeys were a map. Facinating people. It's as though they were almost the same character in different levels of their experience. It's alright to be confused, angry, but instead of demeaning others for that power, discover the power of memory and spirit within. read The Gospel According to Shug. Alice Walker says Yes. not once, but many times. Like Fanny.

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Summary: this is the closest it gets to a book about "everything."
Review: This book reads like Shakespeare. It is simply about being alive, whether as a person, male, female, plant or animal, black or white, old or young, ancient or modern, gay or straight, religious or not, anyone, anywhere, anytime. Don't try to pick it apart, don't try to agree with everything it says, just allow yourself to be swept into the sea of life.