The Color Purple

THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE. ONE OF THE BBC 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD. A lush celebration of all that it means to be a black female. I love that The Color Purple doesnt try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and kindness and hope. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The Color Purple is my go-to comfort novel. Every single time I read this book, I walk away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up. Tayari Jones. I think that The Color Purple was the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the South. Jesmyn Ward. I got the book and read it, in one day, when it came out. And then I went back, the next day, and bought every copy they had. Oprah Winfrey. A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Sisters Celie and Nettie share the pain and struggle of growing up as African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Forced into an abusive marriage, at least Celie can offer Nettie refuge from their violent father in her new home - until Nettie catches the attention of Celies husband and is forced to leave and forge her own journey.Through a series of letters spanning twenty years - first from Celie to God, then between the
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