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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.
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.
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.
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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