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Alice Walker has always turned to poetry to express some of her most personal and deeply felt concerns. She has said that her poems-even the happy ones-emerge from an accumulation of sadness, when she stands again ?in the sunlight.? ?[This collection] has two fine strengths-a music that comes along sometimes, as sad and cheery as a lonely woman's whistling-and Miss Walker's own tragicomic gifts? (New York Times Book Review).

Produktbeschreibung
Alice Walker has always turned to poetry to express some of her most personal and deeply felt concerns. She has said that her poems-even the happy ones-emerge from an accumulation of sadness, when she stands again ?in the sunlight.? ?[This collection] has two fine strengths-a music that comes along sometimes, as sad and cheery as a lonely woman's whistling-and Miss Walker's own tragicomic gifts? (New York Times Book Review).
Autorenporträt
Alice Celia Martowski Walker grew up in Ludlow, MA. She has lived in many U.S. cities with her husband Charlie and their two daughters, Michele and Vanessa. Alice and Charlie are now retired in Chicago, IL. Alice enjoys volunteering, many artistic pursuits, gardening, long walks, and time with family. The original story was written when her granddaughter Elizabeth was five years old. Elizabeth, now thirteen, loves the story and recently exclaimed ... "I think you should publish a book because other kids have butterflies too!" She is Alice's love and inspiration! Elizabeth and Alice hope that children and adults reading this story will know that it's okay to have butterflies!