The Color Purple

Type

Book

Authors

Alice Walker

ISBN 13

9780156028356

Tags

Classics, Family Saga, Movie, Video Game Adaptations, Epistolary, Criticism & Theory, Contemporary, Literary, Literature

Description

Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self. - from Amzon

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