The Color Purple

  • Five books about celebrating found family

    It’s the end of the year! Can you believe it? December in my mind means holidays and thinking about the new year. I find this time to be a great opportunity to reflect on what’s coming in the new year and all that’s happened over the past year. In the spirit of the holidays, I…

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  • Dear God…

    Excerpt from The Color Purple by Alice Walker This is an excerpt from the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker. DEAR GOD, Nettie here with us. She run way from home. She say she hate to leave our stepma, but she had to git out, maybe fine help for the other little ones. The…

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