Meridian

Alice Walker

first published 1976 P/B, 2001 paperback 228 pages

Women's Press classic

Set in the 1960s and 1970s, Meridian centers on Meridian Hill, a student at the fictitious Saxon College, who becomes active in the Civil Rights Movement. She becomes romantically involved with another activist, Truman Held. They have a turbulent on-and-off relationship, during which she becomes pregnant by him. After Meridian has an abortion, Truman becomes far more attached to her and longs for them to start a lif...

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Editions we hold

Meridian edition · 2011 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 242 pages · 9781453223963
Meridian paperback · 2004 · Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 256 pages · 9780753819494
Meridian edition · 2003 · Harcourt · 242 pages
MERIDIAN. paperback · 2001 · P/B · 228 pages · 9780704346949
Meridian paperback · 1989 · Pocket · 9780671687656
Meridian hardcover · 1987 · ABC-Clio · 299 pages
Meridian paperback · 1986 · Pocket bks · 220 pages
Meridian paperback · 1982 · Women's Press Ltd,The · 240 pages · 9780704338852
Meridian paperback · 1981 · Washington Square Press · 9780671437503
Meridian edition · 1976 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 228 pages
Meridian paperback · 1976 · Pocket Books · 220 pages · 9780671472566
Meridian edition · 1976 · Deutsch · 228 pages

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