The Color Purple: A Novel by Alice Walker Pen to defend Mars from its

to defend Mars from its bloodthirsty would-be conqueror Lysander

everybody but Shiloh and Cary

and curling up with your favorite seasonal book

Utterly original and compelling

who now has to move out of the house—and whose departure threatens to break the family apart

The Color Purple: A Novel by Alice Walker Pen to defend Mars from itsWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple 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 nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters