'I think that The Color Purple was the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the South' Jesmyn WardĪ powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Every single time I read this book, I walk away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up' Tayari Jones 'The Color Purple is my go-to comfort novel. I love that The Color Purple doesn't try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and kindness and hope' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ''A lush celebration of all that it means to be a black female. THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BBC 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD
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