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Possessing the Secret of Joy Hardcover - 1992
by Alice Walker
The acclaimed author of The Color Purple presents a provocative story of a young tribal African woman who lives most of her adult life in America. Tashi submits toher people's custom of genital mutilation. Severely traumatize d by the experience, she spends the rest of her life battling madness, trying to regain the ability to recognize her own reality.
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A provocative novel about an African tribal woman’s battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.
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- Title Possessing the Secret of Joy
- Author Alice Walker
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amistad Press, New York
- Date 1992-06-30
- ISBN 9780151731527 / 0151731527
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.58 x 5.57 x 1.14 in (24.33 x 14.15 x 2.90 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Ethnic Orientation: African
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, African American women
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92006883
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/15/1992, Page 1484
- Library Journal, 05/15/1992, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 04/13/1992, Page 0
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