The Color Purple -the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award
The classic, Pulitzer-Prize winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name.
Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl.
Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave.
She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny.
Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.
Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl.
Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave.
She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny.
Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.
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