Possessing the secret of joy
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9781595583642
9780151731527
9781453232590
9780671789459
9780151731527
9781453232590
9780671789459
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| Grouped Work ID | 0ffce555-6724-3f0b-82a3-b630db652d5c |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | possessing the secret of joy |
| Grouping Author | alice walker |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-24 03:07:58AM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-04-24 03:15:44AM |
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Walker, Alice, 1944-
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Fiction - Does Not Circulate
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North Regional - Adult Fiction
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Richard B Harrison - Adult Fiction
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Richard B Harrison - Adult Fiction
Richard B Harrison - Fiction - Does Not Circulate
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An American woman struggles with the genital mutilation she endured as a child in Africa in a New York Times bestseller “as compelling as The Color Purple” (San Francisco Chronicle).
In Tashi’s tribe, the Olinka, young girls undergo female genital mutilation 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.
Possessing the Secret of Joy is the 3rd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Color Purple and The Temple of My Familiar.
In Tashi’s tribe, the Olinka, young girls undergo female genital mutilation 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.
Possessing the Secret of Joy is the 3rd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Color Purple and The Temple of My Familiar.
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LEE WALKER
WALKER
WALKER
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Wake County Public Libraries
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Eva H. Perry Regional
North Regional
Richard B. Harrison Community
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9781595583642
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1997
2011
2011
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Open Road Media
Washington Square Press
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The Color Purple
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The Color Purple|
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Abused women -- Fiction
Africa -- Fiction
African American women -- Fiction
Female circumcision -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Women immigrants -- Fiction
Africa -- Fiction
African American women -- Fiction
Female circumcision -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Women immigrants -- Fiction
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Possessing the secret of joy
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the secret of joy / Alice Walker
Possessing the secret of joy / Alice Walker
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Possessing the secret of joy
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Abused women
African American Fiction
African American women
Female circumcision
Fiction
Women immigrants
African American Fiction
African American women
Female circumcision
Fiction
Women immigrants
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