Possessing the Secret of Joy de Alice Walker

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a review copy.with review slip laid in.

Great Britain: B C A , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription on flypage otherwise unmarked.Posessing the Secret of Joy is the story of Tahsi, an African tribal woman. Told in Tashi's voice and the voices of the people who knew and loved her, it is the shattering account of a young girl whose decision to go through the female initiation ceremony has terrible and tragic consequences. Alice Walker says about this book, 'When I finished The Color Purple and realized that Tashi, a minor character I had created in that book, had left Africa but taken her wound with her to America, I understood it was my duty as an American woman and human being to stay with her.' With this novel Alice Walker takes on a subject of profound importance to millions of women and men throughout the world, and does so with integrity and grace.

London : Women's Press Book Club, 1992. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 270 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; African American women � Fiction. Women immigrants � Fiction. Female circumcision � Fiction. Abused women � Fiction.

Chatham, Kent - : The Women's Press Book Club - , 1992. Leinen (Hardcover) mit Schutzumschlag - . mit deutlichen Gebrauchsspuren - deutlich berieben und bestoßen mit Randläsuren, mit einem Stempel eines Vorbesitzers, ,sonst guter Zustand, - . 21 x 14 x 3 cm - Oktav. - aus der Bibliothek von Hanna Behrend (Wien 1922 - Berlin 2010) mit dementsprechendem Stempel im hinteren Nachsatz, - - internlp081-4674

London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, signed on title, d/j (v.g.), orange boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked and tight.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). 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 female initiation ceremony.

London, United Kingdom,: Jonathan Cape, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no statement of reprint to the copyright page therefore indicating a true first print in a near fine Dust Jacket which is not price clipped. Signed by Alice Walker to the title page. Review from the Sunday Times 1992 laid in loosely..