The Color Purple | Letters 42–44: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Eleanor Jane: the young daughter of Miss Millie
Billy: the young son of Miss Millie
Jack: Odessa’s husband
Summary
Six months have passed since they tried to use Squeak to get Sofia out of jail. Mary Agnes surprises everybody by starting to sing some songs that she wrote. She soon becomes very popular, and everyone discovers that she has a good singing voice. Harpo can’t understand why she sings now when she had been so quiet the year before, but he doesn’t object.
Meanwhile, Sofia has been released from prison under the condition that she...
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