The Color Purple

By: Alice Walker

Narrated by: Alice Walker

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon.

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband.

In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women. She meets Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and a jazz singer with a zest for life, and her stepson’s wife, Sophia, who challenges her to fight for independence. And though the many letters from Celie’s sister are hidden by her husband, Nettie’s unwavering support will prove to be the most breathtaking of all

The Color Purple has sold more than five million copies, inspired an Academy Award-nominated film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey and directed by Steven Spielberg, and been adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation) and remains a wrenching - yet intensely uplifting - experience for new generations of listeners.

©1982 Alice Walker (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Beautiful

I've see the move. The book is outstanding.
Will listen again. Thank you for this .

Amazing

This book is completely amazing and eye-opening. It made me laugh and cry and I already want to read/listen to it again.

Best Story Ever

I have seen the movie many times but the book has so much more depth! It is an incredible story and a treat to hear it read by the woman who wrote it.

awesome listening to the story and enjoyed the ch.

i enjoyed listening to this story they had a way of keeping you envoled loved it

Loved it!

Great narration. Emotional and heartfelt story. Intimitate like reading a diary or personal letters. Loved it!

Love it!

The story is a true journey! while audible had static issues at various points that required a reply. The color purple is magic that many young black girls ought to read

Great Book!

I love love love this book! Way better than the movie and funny too! Awesome

WOW

This book is incredible. Hearing the author read it though... you can feel it instead of just listening.

Better than the Book

I love the book better than the movie Ms. Walker read it so well I cried and laughed.

my favorite book and movie

I absolutely love this book. I listened to it from beginning to end without stopping completely in a trance