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Possessing the Secret of Joy
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Possessing the Secret of Joy Excellent condition - 1992

by Alice Walker

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first

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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This first-edition copy of Posessing the Secret of Joy by acclaimed author Alice Walker is in very good condition. The dust jacket containing the original cover artwork contains minor wear for its age, but the binding is in excellent condition. It is a beautiful-looking classic novel containing an even more powerful story inside.
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  • Title Possessing the Secret of Joy
  • Author Alice Walker
  • Binding excellent condition
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 286
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York and San Diego
  • Date 1992
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 45
  • 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)
  • 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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Summary

A provocative novel about an African tribal woman’s battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.

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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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