Possessing the Secret of Joy
About this book
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 to her 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.
Subjects
- 18.06 anglo-american literature
- abused women
- africa, fiction
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- african american women
- american fiction
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- black women
- english detective and mystery stories
- english language
- female circumcision
- ficción
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction, psychological
- large type books
- literature
- mental illness
- mujeres afronorteamericanas
- new york times reviewed
- novels (form)
- psychological fiction
- psychology
- steeplechasing
- united states
- women immigrants