Book 1 of 3: The Color Purple
“A powerful cultural touchstone of modern literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence.
Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience.” -Amazon
The Temple of My Familiar: A Novel by Alice Walker
Book 2 of 3: The Color Purple
“Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of the dozens of astonishing characters in The Temple of My Familiar, all of whom are dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America to Celie’s own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, they must come to terms with the brutal stories of their ancestors in order to confront their own troubled lives.” -Amazon
Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel by Alice Walker
Book 3 of 3: The Color Purple
“This is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in The Color Purple, whose fateful decision to submit to the Itsunga’sI knife and be genitally mutilated leads to a trauma that informs her life and fatefully alters her existence.” -Amazon