ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING BOOKS YOU COULD EVER WISH TO READ…IT IS STUNNING - MOVING, EXCITING, AND WONDERFUL'''' LENNY HENRY
SET IN THE DEEP AMERICAN SOUTH BETWEEN THE WARS, THIS IS THE CLASSIC TALE OF CELIE, A YOUNG POOR BLACK GIRL. RAPED REPEATEDLY BY HER FATHER, SHE LOSES TWO CHILDREN AND THEN IS MARRIED OFF TO A MAN WHO TREATS HER NO BETTER THAN A SLAVE. SHE IS SEPARATED FROM HER SISTER NETTIE AND DREAMS OF BECOMING LIKE THE GLAMOROUS SHUG AVERY, A SINGER AND REBELLIOUS BLACK WOMAN WHO HAS TAKEN CHARGE OF HER OWN DESTINY. GRADUALLY CELIE DISCOVERS THE SUPPORT OF WOMEN THAT ENABLES HER TO LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND AND BEGIN A NEW LIFE.