Details

Subject(s)

• African American women—Fiction [Browse]
• Adult child sexual abuse victims—Fiction [Browse]
• Abused wives—Fiction [Browse]
• Sisters—Fiction [Browse]
• Southern States—Fiction [Browse]

Writer of foreword

• Laymon, Kiese [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Epistolary fiction [Browse]
• Domestic fiction [Browse]
• Bildungsromans [Browse]

Series

• Penguin classics [More in this series]
• Penguin vitae [More in this series]

Summary note

"The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into the experiences of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery, and Sofia"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Place of publication from publisher's website.

ISBN

• 9780143137047
• 0143137042 (hardcover)

LCCN

2021053571

OCLC

1260190602

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