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The Temple of My Familiar

Name: The Temple of My Familiar
Author: Alice Walker

The Temple of My Familiar is a 1989 novel by Alice Walker. It is an ambitious and multi-narrative novel containing the interleaved stories of Arveyda, a musician in search of his past; Carlotta, his Latin American wife who lives in exile from hers; Suwelo, a black professor of American History who realizes that his generation of men have failed women; Fanny, his ex-wife about to meet her father for the first time; and Lissie, a vibrant creature with a thousand pasts.

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

Alice Walker book The Temple of My Familiar

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“Some people don't understand that it is the nature of the eye to have seen forever, and the nature of the mind to recall anything that was ever known.”

Alice Walker book The Temple of My Familiar

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“What you hope for, you also fear.”

Alice Walker book The Temple of My Familiar

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“Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.”

Alice Walker book The Temple of My Familiar

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