Description

Celie is just a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of two decades of her life, starting at age 14 when she's being abused and raped by her father and trying to protect her sister from exactly the same fate, and continuing within the span of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband hasbeen keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, coupled with a typical example of love and independence supplied by her good friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self.