TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walker,Alice
TI  - Possessing the secret of joy 
SN  - 9780099224112
PY  - 1993///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Vintage, 
KW  - Fiction
N1  - First published: Jonathan Cape, 1992
N2  - When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This extraordinarily courageous and compelling novel explores the tragic consequences of Tashi's decision to go through the 'initiation ceremony' of female genital mutilation
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