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This was my second epistolary novel in as many weeks and again a good read. Celie is a poor, black girl, barely literate and writing letters to God. Be warned that the story contains some pretty shocking events, including, in the opening chapter, the rape of Celie by her father. Sad and brutal for a large part, but ultimately hopeful Walker explores many themes including love, gender, race, religion, marriage, family, and sexuality. A worthwhile read and although I can't agree with Walker's idea
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This has to be one of the best books I've ever read. It's a remarkably poignant story of the struggle of a woman to learn her own self worth, and inevitably, to understand that her life is in her own hands. Remarkably moving, the movie was my first introduction to the story, and was one of the best book to movie adaptations I've ever seen.
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