She has written numerous poems, essays, and short stories, and lives in northern California. She is aided by several strong women she meets, including Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and jazz singer, and her stepson’s wife, Sophia, who challenges her to battle for her freedom.Īlice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Written over a twenty-year period, the letters record Celie’s life journey. She is subsequently married off to an older suitor, who becomes a brutal husband.Ĭelie begins writing letters directly to God. When her sister Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is alone without her best friend and confidante.
Celie has grown up abused by her own family. The Color Purple by Alice Walker depicts the lives of poor African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia.
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