One character in this work demands to be called Mary Agnes when she begins her singing career after earlier mothering Susie Q. with another character, who was separated from his wife Sofia after he attempted to assert his dominance by beating her.  
One character in this work demands to be called Mary Agnes when she begins her singing career after earlier mothering Susie Q. with another character, who was separated from his wife Sofia after he attempted to assert his dominance by beating her.  In addition to Squeak and Harpo, this work contains one character who tells his stepchildren he is their father to inherit their mother's estate, and who rapes and abuses one character until she is eventually driven to a loveless marriage with a man named Albert and a sexual relationship with a female nightclub singer, Shug Avery.  For 10 points—name this work, framed as letters from Celie to God, a novel by Alice Walker.
One character in this work demands to be called Mary Agnes when she begins her singing career after earlier mothering Susie Q. with another character, who was separated from his wife Sofia after he attempted to assert his dominance by beating her.  
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