Prior to reading this edition, I had read Harold Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretation's Series in 2010 borrowed from the American Library. AND, I did not like it. I abandoned the book after reading 30, maybe 40 pages. I felt embarrassed to desert a book like The Color Purple but I couldn't feel or understand what Harold Bloom had interpreted. After 3 years, I bought myself a new copy with a cover page that I had no inkling about or couldn't predict the character it was based on! I also have the movie version of The Color Purple with a opening shot that shows two teenage girls walking through a field, one of them heavily pregnant. I had only seen about a few minutes of the movie too, because I wanted to READ the book first, before judging the movie and getting my opinions messed about this classic. Here I am, having finished reading the book in 4 hours amid tears and a heavy heart. I don't recall reading any other book that's written...
"Some of the sweetest things in life are through greatest struggling battles"