The color purple

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Author:
Walker, Alice, 1944-
Series:
The Color Purple
Language:
English
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HL: High-Low 670L
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9780156028356
9780151191543
9781474625586
9781504093538
9780593863565
9780143135692
9780156031820
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The lives of two sisters--Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a Southern woman married to a man she hates--are revealed in a series of letters exchanged over thirty years. "Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence"--Back cover.
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Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Fiction
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The Color Purple A Novel
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The color purple / Alice Walker ; [illustrations by Jennifer Hewitson]
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