Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth

Walker, Alice

ISBN 10: 0704350890 / ISBN 13: 9780704350892

Published by The Women's Press Ltd, 2003

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231pp. A collection of poetry from the author famed for "The Color Purple". A former library book with the usual stamps and stickers and the benefit of a protected dust wrapper. Still a clean and sound book. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. Seller Inventory # 024863

Bibliographic Details

Title: Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth

Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth (03) by Walker, Alice [Hardcover (2003)]

From the Inside Flap:

Prize–winning author of The Color Purple gives us her first new collection of poetry in more than a decade, poems that reaffirm her as “one of the best American writers of today” (The Washington Post).

The forces of nature and the strength of the human spirit inspire the poems in Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth. Alice Walker opens us up to feeling and understanding with poems that cover a broad spectrum of emotions. With profound artistry, Walker searches for, discovers, and declares the fundamental beauty of existence, as she explores what it means to live life fully, to learn from it, and to grow both as an individual and as part of a greater spiritual community.

In “The Same as Gold,” Walker writes of the essence of grief, and of our inherent powers of love and acceptance. In “Everyone Who Works for Me,” Walker considers, with humor and grace, the frenzy that permeates modern lif