eBook, 302 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 2011 by Open Road Media.
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4532-2397-0
- OCLC Number:
- 1285925104
- ASIN:
- B005NY4QGM
- Goodreads:
- 12706880
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Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband.
In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women. She meets Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and a jazz singer with a zest for life, and her stepson’s wife, Sofia, who challenges her to fight for independence. And though the many letters from Celie’s sister …
Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband.
In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women. She meets Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and a jazz singer with a zest for life, and her stepson’s wife, Sofia, who challenges her to fight for independence. And though the many letters from Celie’s sister are hidden by her husband, Nettie’s unwavering support will prove to be the most breathtaking of all.
The Color Purple has sold more than five million copies, inspired an Academy Award-nominated film starring Oprah Winfrey and directed by Steven Spielberg, and been adapted into a Tony-winning Broadway musical. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation), and remains a wrenching—yet intensely uplifting—experience for new generations of readers.
This ebook features a new introduction written by the author on the 25th anniversary of publication, and an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
The Color Purple is the 1st book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Temple of My Familiar and Possessing the Secret of Joy.
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- Fiction & Literature
- Blacks
- social life and customs
- songs and music
- Lesbian fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- African American women
- Sisters
- Adult child sexual abuse victims
- Abused wives
- Domestic fiction
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- Social conditions
- Southern states, fiction
- Sisters, fiction
- African americans, fiction
- Fiction, family life
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- Historical fiction
- LGBTQ novels
- Fiction, african american & black, general
- Fiction, family life, general
- Racisme
- American literature
- Lesbians
- Friendship
- Fiction & literature
- Social life and customs
- Songs and music
- African american women
- African american authors
- African continental ancestry group