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The Color Purple
- Narrated by: Alice Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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The Color Purple
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-2023
Immersive
Alice took us right into the experience without rancour. Not overdone. Just perfect. The movie was great, The book better. Thank you Alice.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-12-2020
Beautiful and vulnerable
A masterpiece read, much deeper than the movie dares treat yourself to this queer classic
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- Su G.
- 26-11-2022
Even better than the Movie
Wow I absolutely love the movie Colour Purple and have watched it many many times. But this book was fantastic and said the real story. Please read xx
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-2021
Love that the author narrates
Beautiful story. Highly recommend. So lovely to hear the author narrate. Feel like I lived this journey too.
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- Vicki Reeves
- 28-11-2019
Read this book!!!
I haven't read this book for over 20 years. Even better second time round I think. The story is just as moving the first time, and I loved the narration by the author herself. Priceless!!
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- melissa scott
- 11-06-2022
loved it
loved it have been a fan of the movie for as long as i can remember but book wasso much more detailed
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- Alicia
- 23-02-2024
confronting but beautiful
a really interesting story of a time long ago but so relatable with the push and pull of family relationships.
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- JESSICA BRYANT
- 02-04-2024
Want to have your heart broken and then mended?
Thank you for such a beautiful story. I'm glad I listened to you reading this.
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- Tracy
- 27-11-2022
Timeless
Such a fantastic novel and the narrator wasn’t wasted on this. I enjoyed every inch of listening to her and the journey of each character. Could not recommend this enough.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-2023
Beautiful
Oh my goodness. What a truly beautiful and amazing book. I have always loved the movie, and was thrilled that the movie had followed the book so faithfully. But to hear it, read by the author was a truly moving experience.
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