One of my favorites ( )

I absolutely love this book. Here is the story of a woman who find herself and manages to rise above the limitations set upon her, after a life that might destroy many. This book brings out an array of emotions from sorrow, to joy, to spiritual illumination. ( )

A perfect book, not one word could be added or deleted.

The Color Purple has always been a favorite of mine because it is so shockingly blunt. It makes no apologies. And, it has no qualms telling it like it was (and is).

I enjoyed reading this book. I find Alice Walker to be an intelligent, thoughtful woman. While we are not particularly alike in any way, I found that I related to a lot of what she says. She's Southern Black and I'm Northern White, but we are both women. She grew up rural and I grew up inner city. In an odd way that's a connection. Her essays open doors and windows for me, help me to see, to better understand a life other than one like my own. I would recommend it to anyone, particularly White women wanting to better understand our Black sisters, anyone wanting in insiders view of feminism from a Black woman's perspective, and anyone wanting to understand why the Civil Rights movement was so important. She covers all these topics and more. ( )