Fiction

The colour purple

Alice Walker

In the box

Sisters Celie and Nettie share the pain and struggle of growing up as African American women in carly twentieth-century rural Georgia. Forced into an abusive marriage, at least Celle can offer Nettie refuge from their violent father in her new home - until Nettie catches the attention of Celie's husband and is forced to leave and forge her own journey, Through a series of letters spanning twenty years - first from Celie to God, then berween the two sisters - they manage to sustain their hope in each other across time, distance and silence, in a triumph of resilience, bravery and ultimarely, love.

ISBN 978147460724-4