Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. This is the story of two sisters--one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. --back cover
The Color Purple
Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. This is the story of two sisters--one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. --back cover
Paperback, 288 pages
English language
Published Nov. 16, 2004 by Harcourt.
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978-0-15-602835-6
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Subjects
- African American women -- Fiction.
- Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Fiction.
- Abused wives -- Fiction.
- Sisters -- Fiction.
- Southern States -- Fiction.
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