![]() ![]() I did find I had some trouble keeping the grandchildren’s generation straight. I believed them wholeheartedly which made it even harder to accept their bad luck and bad circumstances. The characters jumped off the page to me. I was so absorbed in Celie’s world that hearing about living with an African tribe seemed as foreign to me as it must have to Celie. ![]() Her life was so different from Celie’s that it was almost unimaginable. I enjoyed Nettie’s story when it came into play and I found her fascinating. It felt like no one had any luck at all and I wished I could have helped them in some way. Gosh, this book was sad! It cheered up in parts, but overall, I found myself feeling bad for Celie and Nettie and every other character in it. Gradually, Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker – a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls ‘father’, she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage. Set in the deep American South between the wars, it is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. ![]()
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