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Title:
The color purple : a novel
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
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.
Other Title:
Colour purple
Year Published:
2023,

1992
Physical Description:
xii, 286 pages ; 21 cm
Note:
Originally published in the United States of America: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780735248755

9780143135692

9780156031820

9780156028356

9780671727796

9780671617028
Publisher:
Toronto, Ontario : Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Canada, 2023.

New York : Penguin Books, 2019.

Orlando, Fla : Harcourt, [1992]

New York : Pocket Books, 1985.

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