Journal Entry 1 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Sunday, September 11, 2005

Challenged as appropriate reading material for an Oakland, Calif. High School honors class (1984) due to the work's "sexual and social explicitness" and its "troubling ideas about race relations, man's relationship to God, African history, and human sexuality." This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was finally approved for use by the Oakland Board of Education after nine months of debate. Banned in the Souderton, Pa. Area School District (1992) as appropriate reading for tenth graders because it is "smut." Removed from the Jackson County, W.Va. school libraries (1997) along with sixteen other titles.

Journal Entry 2 by SheWhoReads from Athens, Georgia USA on Sunday, September 11, 2005

Pre-numbered label used for registration.

Wonderful book! Highly recommended!

Book description taken from Amazon.com:

Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self.
 

Journal Entry 3 by SheWhoReads at Mean Bean restaurant, 5 points in Athens, Georgia USA on Monday, September 12, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (9/12/2005 UTC) at Mean Bean restaurant, 5 points in Athens, Georgia USA

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I left this book on one of the outdoor tables at the Mean Bean around 11:30 this morning.