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'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read...it is stunning - moving, exciting, and wonderful' Lenny Henry Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl.

Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave.

She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny.

Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.

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Product Details
0753818922 / 9780753818923
Paperback / softback
813.54
05/08/2004
United Kingdom
English
Contemporary classics
x, 262 p.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 202303, Points 9.00, Book Level 4.00,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; London: Women's, 1983.
The Color Purple has sold over 1 million copies in Britain alone and continues to sell around 25,000 every year An absolute classic, it is on reading lists throughout the country. The Color Purple was made into an award-winning film by Steven Spielberg starring Whoopie Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey It won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award We have bought the entire Alice Walker backlist and a new novel and are going to give the series a fresh look in order to bring this legendary author to a new generation 'She is one of the most gifted writers in her country' Isabel Allende
The Color Purple has sold over 1 million copies in Britain alone and continues to sell around 25,000 every year An absolute classic, it is on reading lists throughout the country. The Color Purple was made into an award-winning film by Steven Spielberg starring Whoopie Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey It won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award We have bought the entire Alice Walker backlist and a new novel and are going to give the series a fresh look in order to bring this legendary author to a new generation 'She is one of the most gifted writers in her country' Isabel Allende FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)