The Temple of My Familiar

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author weaves a "glorious and iridescent" tapestry of interrelated lives in this New York Times bestseller (Library Journal).

Includes a new letter written by the author

In The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America.

From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South Am...