Possessing the Secret of Joy
1992 • 316 pages

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Severely traumatized after suffering genital mutilation in her native Africa, Tashi Johnson spends most of her adult life in North America seeking help through psychoanalysis, desperate to regain the ability to feel. Author of T̀he Color Purple.

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The Color Purple Collection

The Color Purple Collection is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by Alice Walker.

The Color Purple
Temple of My Familiar
Possessing the Secret of Joy

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