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Book Review of Possessing the Secret of Joy

Possessing the Secret of Joy
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ANNOTATION
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.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
A provocative novel about an African tribal woman's battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.