Possessing the Secret of Joy
  • Published:
    Jul-1992 (Hardcover)
    Jun-1993 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    304
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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.

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    •  
    • Jun-1993
    • Pocket
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671789422
    • ISBN13: 9780671789428
    •  
    • Jan-1997
    • Washington Square Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671789457
    • ISBN13: 9780671789459
    •  
    • May-2008
    • New Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1595583645
    • ISBN13: 9781595583642
    • First Edition
    • Jul-1992
    • Harcourt
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0151731527
    • ISBN13: 9780151731527
    •  
    • Jun-1993
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1417718277
    • ISBN13: 9781417718276
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • 1999
    • Scott Foresman
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0840012993
    • ISBN13: 9780840012999
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Open Road Publishing
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1453224009
    • ISBN13: 9781453224007
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Open Road Publishing
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Sep-1992
    • Simon & Schuster Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0671793063
    • ISBN13: 9780671793067
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    • Aug-1996
    • Wheeler
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1568953518
    • ISBN13: 9781568953519
    • Large Print



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