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The color purple / Alice Walker.

Summary:

A woman who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0671458531
  • ISBN: 9780671458539
  • ISBN: 9780143135692
  • ISBN: 0671019074
  • ISBN: 0671668781
  • Physical Description: 253 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press, 1983.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
HL670L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4 9 7107.
Awards Note:
National Book Award for Fiction (Hardcover), 1983.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1983.
Subject:
African American women > Social conditions > Fiction.
Adult child sexual abuse victims > Fiction.
Abused wives > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Southern States > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 104 of 111 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 111 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library F Wal (Text) 30308101209451 Adult Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library FIC Walker (Text) 31010000701880 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F WALKER (Text) 39493105044251 Adult Fiction Available -
Albertson Community Library AFIC WAL (Text) 30372100558474 Adult Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library F WAL (Text) 80605000779743 Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library F WAL (Text) 50503010985994 Adult Fiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library FIC WAL (Text) 31111003034640 Adult Fiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library PBK F Wal (Text) 33630005128918 Adult Fiction Available -
Berea Library FIC WALKER (Text) 42756202158140 Adult Fiction Available -
Bladen Main Branch FIC WAL (Text) 30441000065037 Adult Fiction Available -

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Summary: A woman who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.