--- product_id: 104039993 title: "The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy" price: "$35.19" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/104039993-the-color-purple-collection-the-color-purple-the-temple-my store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy **Price:** $35.19 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy - **How much does it cost?** $35.19 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/104039993-the-color-purple-collection-the-color-purple-the-temple-my) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Three novels by a New York Times –bestselling author—including the Pulitzer Prize winner The Color Purple —that speak to the African experience in America. The Color Purple is Alice Walker's stunning, Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of courage in the face of oppression. Celie grows up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, she's badly treated by her family. As a teenager she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home. In The Temple of My Familiar , Celie and Shug from The Color Purple follow the lives of a brilliant cast of characters, all 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, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives. Possessing the Secret of Joy portrays Tashi's tribe, the Olinka, where young girls undergo genital mutilation as an initiation into the community. Tashi manages to avoid this fate at first, but when pressed by tribal leaders, she submits. Years later, married and living in America as Evelyn Johnson, Tashi's inner pain emerges. As she questions why such a terrifying, disfiguring sacrifice was required, she sorts through the many levels of subjugation with which she's been burdened over the years. Hailed by the Washington Post as "one of the best American writers of today," Alice Walker is a master storyteller and a major voice in modern literary fiction. Includes a new letter written by the author on The Temple of My Familiar. Review: Knowing My Familiar.... - I have seen Ms. Walker at a reading and her spirit" matches her love of the Earth, Nature and People. My paper copy is tattered now from the words I so deeply needed to learn we are forever changing. I have reread "Temple of My Familiar" with each big event in my life good or bad; it's like each time I read this precious book I'm seeing me differently everytime and there's growth presented!! As I look at my pictures that's captured through the years I see all the different images; some I looked like my father, mother or siblings pushing me on my way EVERYTIME. The books with the Color Purple leading to The Temple of my Familiar and lastly My Joy shouldn't be an effortlessly flow but it's a true Masterpiece!! I've always wanted all three of the books made into a movie. Her descriptions is a 5k Color TV playing clearly in my head. Review: ". - WOW! I couldn't stop reading. This collection of writings touches the heart of any woman, regardless of age, race, or nationality. And opened my eyes to the suffering of women who have survived this horrifying "procedure ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #323,053 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #210 in Black & African American Historical Fiction (Kindle Store) #256 in Black & African American Literary Fiction #368 in Black & African American Historical Fiction (Books) | ## Images ![The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ZHik8s3OL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Knowing My Familiar.... *by M***9 on October 13, 2022* I have seen Ms. Walker at a reading and her spirit" matches her love of the Earth, Nature and People. My paper copy is tattered now from the words I so deeply needed to learn we are forever changing. I have reread "Temple of My Familiar" with each big event in my life good or bad; it's like each time I read this precious book I'm seeing me differently everytime and there's growth presented!! As I look at my pictures that's captured through the years I see all the different images; some I looked like my father, mother or siblings pushing me on my way EVERYTIME. The books with the Color Purple leading to The Temple of my Familiar and lastly My Joy shouldn't be an effortlessly flow but it's a true Masterpiece!! I've always wanted all three of the books made into a movie. Her descriptions is a 5k Color TV playing clearly in my head. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ". *by J***A on April 25, 2017* WOW! I couldn't stop reading. This collection of writings touches the heart of any woman, regardless of age, race, or nationality. And opened my eyes to the suffering of women who have survived this horrifying "procedure ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Three Alice Walker novels! WOW! *by K***. on July 26, 2014* The Color Purple, what can I say that hasn't already been said? In my opinion the movie was as ,good as the book thanks to the genius of Steven Spielberg. The Temple Of My Familiar, a learning experience for me. The story includes African history, legends, cultures, and introduces the reader to ways of seeing what could have happened, what may have happened and what did happen in the lives of this group of the most interesting, complex, characters you will ever hope to meet in Africa and America as their lives unfold. A book you will remember. Possessing the Secret of Joy, Another learning experience! This book was written as a protest to the practice of mutilating young girls in a rite referred to as circumcision in Africa and to a lesser,degree in America. 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