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01733aam a2200385 i 4500 001 98F42F78209B11EABA878C2E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191217010151 007 n 008 911113s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1407230921 020 $a 9781407230924 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 041 $a eng $a eng 100 1 $a Walker, Alice, $d 1944- 245 14 $a The color purple $h [paperback] / $c Alice Walker. 264 1 $a London : $b Weidenfeld & Nicolson, $c 2014. 300 $a 262 p. ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a Set in the deep American South between the wars, this is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie, and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves. 541 $d 20190919. 650 7 $a Domestic fiction. 650 4 $a Abused wives -- Fiction. 650 7 $a Adult child sexual abuse victims. 650 4 $a African American women -- Fiction. 650 4 $a African American women. 650 4 $a Abused wives. 650 4 $a Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Fiction. 650 4 $a Southern States -- Fiction. 650 4 $a Sisters -- Fiction. 650 4 $a Sisters. 651 4 $a Southern States. 655 4 $a Epistolary fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l SWPB124 $d 20191217033117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98F42F78209B11EABA878C2E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search