The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart

Walker, Alice

ISBN 10: 0679455876 / ISBN 13: 9780679455875

Published by Random House, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2000

About this Item

First edition as designated by McBrides with number line starting with two as is the standard for RH at the time of publication. Signed by author in black sharpie below her name on title page spread. Very good with soft bump to head of front fore edge on mylar protected dust jacket and underlying board. Minor binder's flaw present in the form of small dots of excess glue to edges of paste down at gutters of head and back board. Otherwise tight, clean, unmarked interior. NO remainder marks. Shipping confirmed!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
• Publisher: Random House, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679455876
• ISBN 13: 9780679455875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature and Literary Criticism
  • Biography
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

"These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ever thought about human relationships. Situated squarely in that terrifying paradise called freedom, precipitously out on so many emotional limbs, it was as if I had been born; and in fact I was being reborn as the woman I was to become."

So says Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker about her beautiful new book, in which "one of the best American writers today" (The Washington Post) gives us superb stories based on rich truths from her own experience. Imbued with Walker's wise philosophy and understanding of people, the spirit, sex and love, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart begins with a lyrical, autobiographical story of a marriage set in the violent and volatile Deep South during the early years of the civil rights movement. Walker goes on to imagine stories that grew out of the life following that marriage—a life, she writes, that was "marked by deep sea-changes and transitions." These provocative stories showcase Walker's hard-won knowledge of love of many kinds and of the relationships that shape our lives, as well as her infectious sense of humor and joy. Filled with wonder at the power of the life force and of the capacity of human beings to move through love and loss and healing to love again, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart is an enriching, passionate book by "a lavishly gifted writer" (The New York Times Book Review).

About the Author

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple, which was preceded by The Third Life of Grange Copeland and Meridian. Her other bestselling novels include By the Light of My Father's Smile, Possessing the Secret of Joy and The Temple of My Familiar. She is also the author of two collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California.