You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

by Alice Walker
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

by Alice Walker

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Overview

Anatural evolution from the earlier, much-acclaimed collection In Love
& Trouble, these fourteen provocative and often humorous stories show women oppressed but not defeated.These are hopeful stories about love,
lust, fame, and cultural thievery, the delight of new lovers, and the rediscovery of old friends, affirmed even across self-imposed color lines.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780156028622
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 05/17/2004
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 180
Sales rank: 689,470
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

About The Author
ALICE WALKER is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.

Hometown:

Mendocino, California

Date of Birth:

February 9, 1944

Place of Birth:

Eatonton, Georgia

Education:

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1965; attended Spelman College, 1961-63

Table of Contents

Nineteen Fifty-five3
How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy21
Elethia27
The Lover31
Petunias40
Coming Apart41
Fame54
The Abortion64
Porn77
Advancing Luna--and Ida B. Wells85
Laurel105
A Letter of the Times, or Should This Sado-Masochism Be Saved?118
A Sudden Trip Home in the Spring124
Source138
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