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Possessing the Secret of Joy [signed limited boxed edition]

Possessing the Secret of Joy [signed limited boxed edition]

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Possessing the Secret of Joy [signed limited boxed edition]

by Walker, Alice

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Hardcover. x, 286p., one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, very good limited first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and brick cloth slipcase with light wear and white spots on bottom edge.

Synopsis

In Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy , we meet Tashi Johnson again (she first appeared in The Color Purple ). The young tribal African woman is now living in North America. As a young woman, she submitted to the customs of her people led her to submit to the tribal initiation rite of passage, which involves genital mutilation. Now severely traumatized, she spends the rest of her life trying to reconcile her heritage with her experience as a modern woman in America.

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Bookseller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
16966
Title
Possessing the Secret of Joy [signed limited boxed edition]
Author
Walker, Alice
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1992
Bookseller catalogs
African American; Modern first edition; Women;

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