When Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be sent to Manila, the Pearl of the Orient. Though rumors of war circulate, she feels safe… Until December 8, 1941, when her dreamworld shatters and the Japanese invade the Philippines.
The Color Purple’s deeply inspirational narrative, coupled with Walker’s prodigious talent as a stylist and storyteller, have made the novel a contemporary classic of American literature.
Everyone thinks they know their neighbors, but nobody knows what scandalous surprise is going to happen next. Interior designer Jessie Roscoe has kept the identity of her son’s father a secret for years. But when her old flame and actor Toby Gillespie moves in next door, it doesn’t take long for the truth to be revealed, and for Tony to meet the son he never knew he had.
