03034cam a2200385 4500 577210960 TxAuBib 20220511120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781453224007 1453224009 B005NY4QI0 Amazon f2874fc8-0231-4ba4-adea-7d4161e28922 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 645080 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Walker, Alice, 1944- Possessing the Secret of Joy [Libby eBook] : The Color Purple Series, Book 3. Open Road Media, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3953kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Literary. Fiction. ebook. HTML:<b>An American woman struggles with the genital mutilation she endured as a child in Africa in a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller "as compelling as <i>The Color Purple</i>" (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>).</b><br /> 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.<br /> In <i>Possessing the Secret of Joy</i>, Alice Walker exposes the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation in an unforgettable, moving novel.<br /> <i>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author's personal collection.</i><br /> Possessing the Secret of Joy <i>is the 3rd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes</i> The Color Purple <i>and</i> The Temple of My Familiar. African American Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-10 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/F28/74F/C8/PossessingtheSecretofJoy9781453224007.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F2874FC8-0231-4BA4-ADEA-7D4161E28922&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/F28/74F/C8/PossessingtheSecretofJoy9781453224007.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F2874FC8-0231-4BA4-ADEA-7D4161E28922&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/F28/74F/C8/PossessingtheSecretofJoy9781453224007.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F2874FC8-0231-4BA4-ADEA-7D4161E28922&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)