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An edition of Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992)

Possessing the secret of joy

1st ed.

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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.

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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Language
English
Pages
286

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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

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Africa, United States

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Possessing the secret of joy
1997, Washington Square Press
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Possessing the secret of joy
1993, Pocket Star Books
in English
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Possessing the secret of joy
1992, Cape
in English
Cover of: Possessing the secret of joy
Possessing the secret of joy
1992, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy
1992, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
in English
Cover of: Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy
1992, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
in English

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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3573.A425 P67 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 286 p. ;
Number of pages
286

Edition Identifiers

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OL1705532M
ISBN 10
0151731527
LCCN
92006883
LibraryThing
20298
Goodreads
736951

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Work ID
OL1815834W

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