The Color PurpleSet in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic maker a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie

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The rebellious ex-girlfriend he hasn't seen for five years might be the person Will least wants to see right now

So the boy takes the next logical step

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a wealthy and ill-tempered music-lover

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Now the ruthless criminal network that has tightened its stranglehold on Hull intends to take everything that remains from those who dare to stand in its way

But the girl is certain

The terrifying truth about her parents and a long-ago murder is only the first in a series of shocking betrayals