false 60935 18 Prompted by misguided loyalty to the customs of her people, Tashi Johnson, a tribal African woman living in North America, endures a severely traumatizing tribal initiation rite of passage, an experience that affects her sense of identity. Reprint. 435527 book 1992 Possessing the Secret of Joy total:2286|5:747|4:901|3:509|2:103|1:26| 2286 9098 2893 172 538538 0671789422 9780671789428 89 10 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175630214m/538538.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538538.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 3 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Dec 15 17:10:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 17:13:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 2 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 13:43:32 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 20:02:18 -0700 2008
Since I am a very different person now that when I was in my early twenties - I experienced this book very differen...more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 08:26:01 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 08:39:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 736951 0151731527 9780151731527 44 10 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177861744m/736951.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/736951.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 4 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Aug 27 19:05:12 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:12:07 -0700 2009 Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker. It was a practice I had never heard of before, and I was both horrified and fascinated. I read it as soon as I c...more...]]> 374683 0224035274 9780224035279 6 1 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226585691m/374683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374683.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 1 false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:07:04 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 03:14:51 -0800 2008 1
The book looks the di...more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 0 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Mar 23 19:33:48 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 16:43:30 -0700 2009
Bein...more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 12:30:03 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 15:09:12 -0800 2009 The Color Purple. I certainly plan to read her most famous work now, as this novel is one I am thoroughly glad to have read.
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This story picks up on the lives of some of the characters from The Color Purple. Alice Walker says it is not meant to be ...more...]]> 538538 0671789422 9780671789428 89 10 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175630214m/538538.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538538.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 2 false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 02 15:32:21 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 11 14:41:31 -0700 2009 1
And FGM infuriates me more than any other misogynistic cultural practice. I'm most assuredly not a cultural relativist. If a culture (including religions) perpetuates the sub...more...]]> 538538 0671789422 9780671789428 89 10 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175630214m/538538.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538538.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 07:52:12 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 08:02:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 736951 0151731527 9780151731527 44 10 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177861744m/736951.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/736951.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon May 25 13:58:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 14:00:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 0 false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 12:48:47 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 10:24:11 -0700 2008
This book is written from a number of different points of view, and it switches very quickl...more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 4 0 false Fri Oct 17 02:16:17 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 02:27:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 736951 0151731527 9780151731527 44 10 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177861744m/736951.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/736951.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 05:26:28 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 09:28:02 -0800 2009 I have very much enjoyed Alice Walker's writing.
In no way to make light of the horrific nature of the mutiliation it does make me re...more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jul 03 07:13:30 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 07:46:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sat Jul 05 06:37:32 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 11:13:08 -0700 2008
Every woman can identify wi...more...]]> 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Jan 13 09:18:22 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:20:52 -0800 2009 60935 0671789457 9780671789459 2097 149 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553834m/60935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60935.Possessing_the_Secret_of_Joy 5 0 false Wed Feb 18 08:06:36 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:09:27 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2619633