Possessing the Secret of Joy
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Description: 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.