Possessing the Secret of Joy
18.06 Anglo-American literature
Black Women
Women immigrants
Abused women
Africa, fiction
English Detective and mystery stories
Psychological fiction
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
African American women
Mental illness
Ficción
African americans, fiction
American fiction
Fiction, psychological
Literature
African Americans
English language
New York Times reviewed
Psychology
Fiction, general
United States
Large type books
Fiction
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, tr…
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