Possessing the Secret of Joy - Paperback

From the author the New York Times Book Review calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in The Color Purple whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated leads to a trauma that informs her life and fatefully alters her existence. Possessing the Secret of Joy, out of print for a number of years, was the first novel to deal with this controversial topic and managed to do so in a manner that Cosmopolitan called "masterful, honorable, and unforgettable storytelling." The New Press is proud to bring the book back into print with a new preface by the author addressing the book's initial reception and the changed attitudes toward female genital mutilation that have come about in part because of this book.

• | Author: Alice Walker
• | Publisher: New Press
• | Publication Date: May 06, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1595583645
• | ISBN-13: 9781595583642