Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Yes, Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151731527
- ISBN 13
- 9780151731527
- Seller
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Alton, New Hampshire, United States
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Synopsis
In Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy , we meet Tashi Johnson again (she first appeared in The Color Purple ). The young tribal African woman is now living in North America. As a young woman, she submitted to the customs of her people led her to submit to the tribal initiation rite of passage, which involves genital mutilation. Now severely traumatized, she spends the rest of her life trying to reconcile her heritage with her experience as a modern woman in America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Acme Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002404
- Title
- Possessing the Secret of Joy
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Illustrator
- Cvr Art By David Shannon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Yes, Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151731527
- ISBN 13
- 9780151731527
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 9 1/2" X 5 1/2"
- Keywords
- AFRO AMERICANS FICTION AFRICA AMERICAN
Terms of Sale
Acme Books
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