Possessing the secret of joy
(2011)

Fiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Open Road Media : Made available through hoopla, 2011
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781453224007 (electronic bk.) MWT11553218, 1453224009 (electronic bk.) 11553218
LANGUAGE
English
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A woman must come to terms with the circumcision she endured as a child in Africa In Tashi's tribe, the Olinka, young girls undergo circumcision as an initiation into the community. Tashi manages to avoid this fate at first, but when pressed by tribal leaders, she submits. Years later, married and living in America as Evelyn Johnson, Tashi's inner pain emerges. As she questions why such a terrifying, disfiguring sacrifice was required, she sorts through the many levels of subjugation with which she's been burdened over the years. In Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker exposes the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation in an unforgettable, moving novel. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author's personal collection

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