At first, there was the faintest sound of movement in the forest. A kind of low humming. Then there was chopping and the sound of dragging. Then a scent, some days, of smoke. But now, after two months, during which I or the children or Corrine has been sick, all we hear is chopping and scraping and dragging. And every day we smell smoke. Today one of the boys in my afternoon class burst out, as he entered, The road approached! The road approaches! He had been hunting in the forest with his father and had seen it. Every day now the villagers gather at the edge of the village near the cassava fields and watch the building of the road. And watching them, some on their stools and some squatted down on their haunches, all chewing cola nuts and making patterns in the dirt, I feel a great surge of love for them. For they do not approach the road builders empty-handedly. Oh, no. Each day since they saw the road’s approach they have been stuffing the road builders with goat meat, millet mush, baked yam and cassava, cola nuts, and palm wine. To read more and share it with your friends through this link https://www.egypttales.com/2022/01/the-color-purple-alice-walker-chapter-11.html

It has been a long time since I had time to write. But always, no matter what I’m doing, I am writing to you. Dear Celie, I say in my head in the middle of Vespers, the middle of the night, while cooking, Dear, dear Celie. And I imagine that you do get my letters and that you are writing me back: Dear Nettie, this is what life is like for me. To learn more and share it with your friends through this link https://www.egypttales.com/2021/10/novels-color-purple-alice-walker_20.html

Samuel is a big man. He dresses in black almost all the time, except for his white clerical collar. And he is black. Until you see his eyes you think he’s somber, even mean, but he has the most thoughtful and gentle brown eyes. When he says something it settles you because he never says anything off the top of his head and he’s never out to dampen your spirit or to hurt. Corrine is a lucky woman to have him as her husband. To learn more and share it with your friends through this link. https://www.egypttales.com/2021/10/novels-color-purple-alice-walker.html

Now that I know Albert hiding Nettie’s letters, I know exactly where they are. They are in his trunk. Everything that means something to Albert goes in his trunk. He keeps it locked uptight, but Shug can git the key. One night when Mr. and Grady went, we open the trunk. We find a lot of Shug’s underclothes, some nasty picture postcards, and way down under his tobacco, Nettie’s letters. Bunches and bunches of them. Some fat, some thin. Some are open, some not. How are we gon to do this? I ask Shug To read more and share it with your friends through this link. https://www.egypttales.com/2021/09/novels-color-purple-alice-walker_29.html

The color purple: Alice Walker: Chapter 7 Shug write she got a big surprise, and she intends to bring it home for Christmas. What it is? us wonder. Mr. thinks it is a car for him. Shug making big money now, dressing in furs all the time. Silk and satin too, and hats made out of gold #novels #stories #books https://www.egypttales.com/2021/09/novels-color-purple-alice-walker_16.html

The color purple: Alice Walker: Chapter 6 They put Sofia to work in the prison laundry. All-day long from five to eight she washed clothes. Dirty convict uniforms, nasty sheets, and blankets piled way over her head. We see her twice a month for half an hour. Her face is yellow and sickly, and her fingers look like a fatty sausage. #novels #books #novel #novelist https://www.egypttales.com/2021/09/novels-color-purple-alice-walker.html

The color purple: Alice Walker: Chapter 5 Sofia is right about her sisters. They are all big strong healthy girls, look like amazons. They come early one morning in two wagons to pick Sofia up. She doesn’t have much to take, her and the children's clothes, a mattress she made last winter, a looking glass, and a rocking chair. The children. #novels #the_color_purple #alice_walker #books https://www.egypttales.com/2021/08/novels-color-purple-alice-walker_21.html

The color purple: Alice Walker: Chapter 4 Harpo went and brought Sofia and the baby home. They got married in Sofia's sister's house. Sister’s husband stands up with Harpo. Another sister sneaks away from home to stand up with Sofia. Another sister comes to hold the baby. Say he cries right through the service, his mama stops everything to nurse him. #novels #thecolor_purple #Alice_walker #books https://www.egypttales.com/2021/08/novels-color-purple-alice-walker.html

The color purple: Alice Walker: Chapter 3 Nettie is here with us. She runs away from home. She says she hates to leave our stepma, but she had to get out, maybe fine help for the other little ones. The boys are alright, she says. They can stay out of his way. When they get big they gon fight him. Maybe kill, I say. How is it with you and Mr. ____? she asked #novel #book #color_purple #alice_walker https://www.egypttales.com/2021/07/novels-color-purple-alice-walker_31.html

The color purple: Alice Walker: Chapter 2 It took him the whole spring, from March to June, to make up his mind to take me. All I thought about was Nettie. How she could come to me if I marry him and he is so love-struck with her I could figure out a way for us to run away. We both be hitting Nettie’s schoolbooks pretty hard, cause we know we got to be smart to get away. I know I’m not as pretty or as be hitting Nettie’s schoolbooks pretty hard, cause we know we got to be smart to getaway. #novel #books #stories #romance #alice_walker #readers #writing https://www.egypttales.com/2021/07/novels-color-purple-alice-walker_27.html