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The Color Purple

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The Color Purple

By: Alice Walker
Narrated by: Alice Walker
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon.

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband.

In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women. She meets Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and a jazz singer with a zest for life, and her stepson’s wife, Sophia, who challenges her to fight for independence. And though the many letters from Celie’s sister are hidden by her husband, Nettie’s unwavering support will prove to be the most breathtaking of all

The Color Purple has sold more than five million copies, inspired an Academy Award-nominated film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey and directed by Steven Spielberg, and been adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation) and remains a wrenching - yet intensely uplifting - experience for new generations of listeners.

©1982 Alice Walker (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
African American Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Thought-Provoking
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This book is completely amazing and eye-opening. It made me laugh and cry and I already want to read/listen to it again.

Amazing

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I have seen the movie many times but the book has so much more depth! It is an incredible story and a treat to hear it read by the woman who wrote it.

Best Story Ever

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i enjoyed listening to this story they had a way of keeping you envoled loved it

awesome listening to the story and enjoyed the ch.

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Great narration. Emotional and heartfelt story. Intimitate like reading a diary or personal letters. Loved it!

Loved it!

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The story is a true journey! while audible had static issues at various points that required a reply. The color purple is magic that many young black girls ought to read

Love it!

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I love love love this book! Way better than the movie and funny too! Awesome

Great Book!

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This book is incredible. Hearing the author read it though... you can feel it instead of just listening.

WOW

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I love the book better than the movie Ms. Walker read it so well I cried and laughed.

Better than the Book

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I absolutely love this book. I listened to it from beginning to end without stopping completely in a trance

my favorite book and movie

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