I really enjoyed this little book. First of all, because I love how Alice Walker expresses herself. I've been reading her poetry since high school. ("Never offer your heart to someone who eats hearts....) I haven't loved everything, but certain things express exactly how I feel. And in a way that I couldn't articulate on my own.
Also I loved it becuase I could identify with her tender feelings towards her chickens - I have a few little chicks of my own. In fact the day I picked this up I was feeling pretty henpecked and just needed a break.
Finally, I love the fact that I felt something in common with someone who is so different than me. (If you read about her life at all, you'll know what I'm talking about.) I know what it feels like to love a living being and there are certain universalities to the experience. I LOVE that! Forgive the soapbox moment coming right now. When you strip away circumstances people are really pretty similar. Maybe it's because we have the same Heavenly parentage....OK. Back off the soapbox.
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