The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Hello my lovely readers!

Another re-read. Another book in my 10 Books 10 Decades Challenge. Another example of why I love  revisting books long after I read them as a teenager. Let's get into it.

SYNOPSIS
Life wasn't easy for Celie. But she knew how to survive, needing little to get by.

Then her husband's lover, a flamboyant blues singer, barreled into her world and gave Celie the courage to ask for more - to laugh, to play, and finally - to love.

MY THOUGHTS
I read some HEAVY hitters when I was in high school and this was no different! I remember in my junior and senior years reading this book as well as Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, A Lesson Before Dying, Native Son, The Awakening, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. It's such a privilege to re-read a book in a more mature state.

Alice Walker's storytelling is beautiful if not jarring upon first read. But once I pushed through the initial shock of the first few pages, I was HOOKED. 

This book is a true testament to the importance of Black sisterhood, platonic or romantic, in a Black woman's life.

Celie experienced the most brutal hardships but then when she meets Shug Avery and Harpo, we see her begin to soften. It's beautiful. 

It's a tough book to read, but it's an absolutely beautiful, worthwhile read.