The 25th anniversary edition of the classic, Pulitzer-Prize winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name

Slighted for no other reason but for who you are. Sexually assaulted, harassed, and made to feel that you have encouraged it. Used, cheated on, and taken for granted. Giving years to selfish men just to be called girlfriend. Five women plus a temporary fix equals murder. Original.

Now in his mid-thirties, Theo, an orphan survivor of the Chicago foster care system, who is plagued by dark memories of physical and sexual abuse, returns to Chicago to find an old girlfriend from his troubled youth. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

When Rayne Holland's perfect life with a handsome husband, a budding film career, and a beautiful young daughter comes to tragic end, her best friend, Gayle, and psychologist, Pauline, struggle to help her recover and find themselves encountering disturbing similarities among all three of their lives. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A gifted Korean-American man confronts the terrors of his past as an adult when he struggles to deal with the molestation he suffered at the hands of his choir director. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Led by Trevor Lucas, a plastic surgeon accused of a series of grisly crimes, eighteen murderers and rapists have seized control of a unit in a hospital for the criminally insane, and forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger must risk his life--and his soul--to help rescue the hostages before it is too late. Reprint.

Sexually abused by her grandfather since she was eight years old, Mariah tells no one. As a teenager she shows great potential to become a concert pianist. Haunted by the dark secret in her family, one afternoon she threatens her abusive grandfather with a gun. A struggle ensues and she shoots herself in the hand.Robbed of her career as a pianist, Mariah eventually becomes a composer. The novel turns on a series of complex relationships she has with others who have suffered damage in their lives. These vividly realized characters, like Mariah, learn to make opportunity out of accident and ultimately find dignity in compassion.Raw, exhilarating and emotionally powerful, The Handless Maiden is an audacious and triumphant debut.

Haunted by the sexual abuse they suffered as children, which they still keep hidden, two sisters--one a nightclub singer, the other a physiotherapist--and their rootless, dependent mother are forced to confront the shame of their past. 15,000 first printing.

Enjoying a satisfactory life as the director of a rehabilitation center, Claire Harte-Mathias finds her world shattered when she is unable to prevent a tragedy and searches through her past for enlightenment. Original.

Product Description: Book by Gahlinger, Claudia

The lives of two sisters--Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a southern woman married to a man she hates--are revealed in a series of letters exchanged over a thirty-year period