the Book Brothel

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover (available in trade), 213 pages, 2004

Rating: 8/10

Reason for Reading: I’ve never really heard anything about Walker beyond the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Color Purple (an assigned high school read), so I picked up Now is the Time to Open Your Heart out of curiosity.

Synopsis: In her late fifties, Kate finds herself pondering the meaning of life and decides to leave behind her lover, Yolo, to go on a quest for a deeper spirituality and understanding of the world. She begins her excursion on the Colorado River with a group of women and carries on to meet shamans and wonder about the place of human beings in nature. Yolo heads for Hawaii, where he’s surprised to find life has things to teach you even if you’re just a tourist on a beach.

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