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From the author the New York Times Book Review calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in The Color Purple whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated leads to a trauma that informs her life and fatefully alters her existence. Possessing the Secret of Joy, out of print for a number of years, was the first novel to deal with this controversial topic and managed to do so in a manner that Cosmopolitan called "masterful, honorable, and unforgettable storytelling." The New Press is proud to bring the book back into print with a new preface by the author addressing the book's initial reception and the changed attitudes toward female genital mutilation that have come about in part because of this book.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Walker, Alice
- ISBN: 9781595583642
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.25 x 0.79
- Number Of Pages: 286
- Publication Year: 2008
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This book is very difficult to read as it brings many horrifying realities to the surface.
Sarai M. - 6 years 4 months agoOne of my new favorites! The book tells a story about a woman named Tashi and everything she went through growing up in an African tribe and even how it affected her through womanhood. Alice Walker takes big issues like female circumcision and general mistreatment of women during the set time period. Through Tashi's voice, Walker shows the reader how there is no sanity in following a society that itself is sick. #SummerReading