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The color purple /

Walker, Alice, 1944-

The color purple / Alice Walker. - London : Women's Press, 1983 - 245 pages : 1 portrait ; 20 cm - Pulitzer Prize in letters .

Originally published: New York : Harcourt Brace, 1982.

This book tells the story of Celie. Raped by the man she calls father, her two children taken from her and forced into an ugly marriage, she pours out her feelings in letters to God, but has no one to talk to, until she meets a woman who offers love and support.

ISBN: 9780704350168

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8712244 bnb GB8616440 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sexually abused children--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Adult child sexual abuse victims--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Abused wives--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Southern States--Fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: Fiction in English American writers, 1945- - Texts

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction

LC Class. No.: PS3573.A425 / C6 1986

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54

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