{"product_id":"the-color-purple","title":"The Color Purple; Alice Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walker's iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsed Condition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJune 1, 1982 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlice Walker, one of the United States’ preeminent writers, is an award-winning author of novels, stories, essays, and poetry. In 1983, Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e, which also won the National Book Award. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Third Life of Grange Copeland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeridian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of My Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePossessing the Secret of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e. In her public life, Walker has worked to address problems of injustice, inequality, and poverty as an activist, teacher, and public intellectual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647365869890,"sku":"0076714006997","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/52892857.jpg?v=1679191865","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-color-purple","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}