The color purple / Alice Walker
By: Walker, Alice [author].
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TextPublisher: London : Phoenix, 2004Description: 262 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781407230924.Subject(s): African American women -- Fiction | Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Fiction | Abused wives -- FictionDDC classification: FIC WAL Summary: Set in the deep American South between the wars, this is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie, and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves.
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| FIC VER Cutting for stone : | FIC VON Slapstick, or, Lonesome no more / | FIC WAL POD / | FIC WAL The color purple / | FIC WAR Num8ers / | FIC WHI The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein / | FIC WYN The emperor of any place / |
Set in the deep American South between the wars, this is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie, and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves.
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