Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland

Meridian is a powerful and unforgettable novel that tells the story of Meridian Hill, a young woman who becomes involved in the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s.

As she approaches the end of her teen years, Meridian has already married, divorced, and given birth to a son.

She's looking for a second chance and finds it at a small college outside Atlanta, Georgia, where she becomes involved in the movement.

The novel is a classic of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement, and it is beautifully presented and utterly convincing.

Alice Walker's debut novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, follows the story of a deeply conflicted and struggling tenant farmer in the Deep South of the 1930s who leaves his family and everything he's ever known to find happiness and respect in the cold cities of the North.

This misadventure proves a dismal failure that sends him back where he came from to confront his now-grown-up son's disastrous relationships with his own family.

Both novels are unforgettable and powerful, and they showcase Alice Walker's incredible talent as a writer.