Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give… — Alice Walker · Skopia

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Novel · Epistolary novel

Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved.

The Color Purple · 1982

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Need for love Feeling loved

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Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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