02515cam a2200481 4500 2811831835 TxAuBib 20260715120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063346390 0063346397 9ee71f41-df84-42b4-b38a-0a57c9ca7ee4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9690949 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Walker, Alice, 1944- Meridian [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. HarperCollins, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 216MB. African American Literature. african american books. African American. political books. Coming of age. literature. Political. realistic. politics. American. feminist. Election. southern. african. hisory. women. black. HTML:<p><strong>A poignant and powerful story of the American South in the 1960s and of one woman who risks her life for the people she loves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, now available in a new edition featuring an introduction by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage.</strong></p> <p><strong>"A classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement." —Ms. Magazine</strong></p> <p><strong>"My life suddenly made sense when I encountered Alice Walker's fiction." —Tayari Jones</strong></p> <p>Meridian Hill, a dedicated and courageous young activist in the 1960s, works to create peace and understanding through her civil rights work, touching the lives of all those she meets even when her health begins to deteriorate. With the old rules of Southern society collapsing around her, her coworkers quitting and moving to comfortable homes and lives, and others turning to more violent means of achieving change, Meridian fights a lonely battle to reaffirm her own humanity—and that of all her people.</p>. African American Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-07-15 20:00:02. Dalian, Susan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9ee71f41-df84-42b4-b38a-0a57c9ca7ee4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)