The Color Purple
Celie's letters trace a Black woman's journey from brutal abuse toward self-possession in the American South.
Told in letters, first to God and then to her sister, Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning novel follows Celie from a childhood of rape and violence in rural Georgia toward independence, love and a voice of her own. The women around her, Shug, Sofia, Nettie, refuse the roles assigned to them. Painful and finally joyful, it remains one of the essential American novels. Emma Watson chose it for Our Shared Shelf in February 2016.
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Emma Watson
Just an FYI - the books I am suggesting I haven't read myself.
Book Club · February 2016
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