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First published in 1990 The Temple of My Familiar Alice Walker&;s follow-up novel to her iconic The Color Purple spent more than four months on the New York Times Bestseller list and was hailed by critics as a &;major achievement&; (Chicago Tribune).Described by the author as &;a romance of the last 500000 years&; The Temple of My Familiar follows a cast of interrelated characters most of African descent and each representing a different ethnic strain&;ranging from diverse African tribes to the mixed bloods of Latin America&;that contribute to the black experience in America.