The color purple / Alice Walker.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501259050
- ISBN: 1501259059
- Physical Description: 1 audio disc (8 hr., 3 min.) : digital, sound ; 12 cm
- Publisher: Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, 2009.
- Copyright: ©1982
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. Title from disc label. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by the author. |
Summary, etc.: | Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self. |
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Subject: | Adult child sexual abuse victims > Fiction. Abused wives > Fiction. Talking books. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | AUDIO Wal (Text) | 33620139890095 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
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The Color Purple
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The Color Purple
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.