In this novel, the son of a missionary scars his face in solidarity with his African wife Tashi's female circumcision.
A woman in this novel describes struggling against her father, brother, cousins, and uncles in a brief monologue she begins by declaring: "All my life I had to fight." The final section of this novel, which begins: "Dear God. Dear stars, dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples. Dear Everything," describes an upcoming family reunion at a Fourth of July barbecue. A character in this novel bellows "Hell no" when a mayor asks her to be his maid, prompting the mayor to slap her and her to knock him out in return, earning her a (*) twelve year sentence as his maid anyway. In this novel, the son of a missionary scars his face in solidarity with his African wife Tashi's female circumcision. The protagonist of this novel begins writing to God after her father Alphonse sexually assaults her, and is initiated into sex by the lounge singer Shug Avery. For 10 points, name this novel about the upbringing of Celie in rural Georgia, by Alice Walker.
A woman in this novel describes struggling against her father, brother, cousins, and uncles in a brief monologue she begins by declaring: "All my life I had to fight.
The Color Purple