The Fiction Old and New book group again welcomes guest host Sally Rosenthal on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern to discuss The color purple DB58842 by Alice Walker.
(BARD annotation below). We hope that you can join us this Black History Month to discuss this compelling story.
Here is the NLS annotation:
The color purple DB58842
Author: Walker, Alice
Reading Time: 8 hours, 51 minutes
Read by: Tracy MIckens Hundley
Subjects: African American Topics, Human Relations, Historical Fiction, Family, LGBTQ+
Follows two black sisters–Nettie, a missionary, and Celie, raped by her father and married to a cruel man. Nettie’s letters do not reach Celie, and Celie’s shame is so great that she writes only to God. Anniversary edition includes Walker’s 1992 preface. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Pulitzer Prize. 1982.
New York : Harcourt, c1982.
This book can be found on Bookshare at this link:
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5562748?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPXRoZSUyQmNvbG9yJTJCcHVycGxl
This group currently does not have a scheduled facilitator and we will continue to pick and discuss books as a group.
