Possessing the Secret of Joy

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.

subjects: Abused women,  African American women,  African Americans,  Female circumcision,  Ficción,  Fiction,  Mujeres afronorteamericanas,  Psychological fiction,  Psychology,  Women immigrants,  Mental illness,  Black women,  Literature,  English language,  United States,  Novels (form),  Fiction, general,  African americans, fiction,  Africa, fiction,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, psychological,  Large type books,  New York Times reviewed,  American fiction,  18.06 Anglo-American literature,  Steeplechasing,  English Detective and mystery stories

Places: Africa,  United States