num_pages: 252
description: Severely traumatized after suffering genital mutilation in her native Africa, Tashi Johnson spends much of her adult life in North America seeking help through psychoanalysis and desperate to regain the ability to feel
language: English
title: Possessing the Secret of Joy
titlecomplete: Possessing the Secret of Joy
genres: Womens, Feminism, Africa, Literature, Novels, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, African American, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 15222
series: The Color Purple Collection
publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc