{"product_id":"now-is-the-time-to-open-your-heart-9780812971392","title":"Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart","description":"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cb\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePossessing the Secret of Joy, \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e The Temple of My Familiar\u003c\/b\u003e now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritual journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cb\u003eNow Is the Time to Open Your Heart\u003c\/b\u003e, Alice Walker has created a work that ranks among her finest achievements: the story of a woman's spiritual adventure that becomes a passage through time, a quest for self, and a collision with love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kate has always been a wanderer. A well-published author, married many times, she has lived a life rich with explorations of the natural world and the human soul. Now, at fifty-seven, she leaves her lover, Yolo, to embark on a new excursion, one that begins on the Colorado River, proceeds through the past, and flows, inexorably, into the future. As Yolo begins his own parallel voyage, Kate encounters celibates and lovers, shamans and snakes, memories of family disaster and marital discord, and emerges at a place where nothing remains but love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with the accessible style and deep feeling that are its author's hallmarks, \u003cb\u003eNow Is the Time to Open Your Heart\u003c\/b\u003e is Alice Walker's most surprising achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALICE WALKER\u003c\/b\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel \u003cb\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/b\u003e. Her other novels include \u003cb\u003eBy the Light of My Father's Smile \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Possessing the Secret of Joy\u003c\/b\u003e. She is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five volumes of poetry, and several children's books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328684790034,"sku":"9780812971392","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3b87748-16b1-4de4-8ea9-310ff7b6fe80.jpg?v=1727748550","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/now-is-the-time-to-open-your-heart-9780812971392","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}