Admirers of The Color Purple will find in these stories more evidence

of Walker's power to depict black women--women who vary

greatly in background yet are bound together by what they share in

common.Taken as a whole, their stories form an enlightening,

disturbing view of life in the South.

Admirers of The Color Purple will find in these stories more evidence

of Walker's power to depict black women--women who vary

greatly in background yet are bound together by what they share in

common.Taken as a whole, their stories form an enlightening,

disturbing view of life in the South.