A poignant and powerful story of the American South in the 1960s and of one woman who risks her life for the people she loves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Color Purple, now available in a new edition featuring an introduction by Tayari Jones, author ofAn American Marriage.

A classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement.Ms. Magazine

Meridian Hill, a dedicated and courageous young activist in the 1960s, works to create peace and understanding through her civil rights work, touching the lives of all those she meets even when her health begins to deteriorate. With the old rules of Southern society collapsing around her, her coworkers quitting and moving to comfortable homes and lives, and others turning to more violent means of achieving change, Meridian fights a lonely battle to reaffirm her own humanityand that of all her people.

Alice Walkerwon the Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award for her novelThe Color Purple.She has written numerous poems, essays, and short stories, including her most recent book,The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart.Originally published in 1974,Langston Hughes: American Poetwas Alice Walker’s first book for children. This picture book biography is now back in print with a new author’s note and beautiful new illustrations. Ms. Walker lives in Northern California.

New York Timesbest-selling author Tayari Jones is the author of four novels, includingAn American Marriage,Silver Sparrow,The Untelling, andLeaving Atlanta. Jones holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. A winner of numerous literary awards, she is a professor of creative writing at Emory University.

• Publisher: Amistad (November 28, 2023)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 288 pages
• ISBN-10:0063346826
• ISBN-13: 9780063346826
• Item Weight: 10.4 ounces