The Washington Post, May 7th, 1989
THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR By Alice Walker Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 416 pp. $19.95 WITH The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker seems to have been striving to write a big book, the kind writers used to feel they had to write at a certain point in their careers-a significant book jampacked with compelling characters and dealing with the great social and political issues of an age. It would be nice to report that Walker has succeeded, but reading this new novel is much like watching a little girl on parade, all dressed up in her mother's clothes and high heels. One may applaud her cuteness, but...
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