Published in 1982 by Simon and Schuster Inc., Alice Walkers’ series of letters, journeys into the life of Celie, a young girl who grows up in the Deep South of America. She suffers abuse at the hands of the man she refers to as her father. This novel attracted the attention of America because it highlights and celebrates the resilience and sisterhood of women. Alice Walker’s poignant insight into the traumas of a young girl attempting to negotiate adolescence, race and sexuality in a bigoted world, won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1983.
Celie is constantly subjected to abuse and tragically she is not protected by the adults in her life. Though Celie sister shields her from physical violence and the right to continue her schooling, Nettie goes