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Title: Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker ISBN: 0-671-78942-2 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (45 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: it's an ordeal, but it's worth it
Comment: This book is certainly an illustrative example of the old adage "you can't judge a book by its cover". It isn't very thick, and it's rather unassuming, but once you get into the meat of it, it's quite a large book. It certainly deals with large ideas and topics. Although the story is about a black woman, the story transends race and even gender. It's not just about a black woman. It's about a human being, what it means to be a human, the idea of submission, both to families and to society as a whole.
It's about abuse and manipulation, and within the story the concept of personal identity is well explored. Not only is the main character subjected to female circumcision (which is nothing like it's benign male counterpart), but the "operation" is performed by a woman. One of the hardest issues for women to explore is the role that women play in the subjugation and abuse of other women.
This is a great read, very heavy at times, but it's made lighter by its rather unique narrative style.
Rating: 5
Summary: Secrets
Comment: This book holds many secrets-- and it unfolds many, but not all, to the reader. The astute reader wil see many hints of the deeper levels to which Walker alludes, but i am sure the multiple layers are beyond any one reader. perhaps, based on her own comecnst, beyond Alice Walker as well.
but if you are a reader who likes peeking into your own depths, this book is more than an anthropologically interseting work of fiction. it is a window into your own soul-- and that of the human race.
Rating: 4
Summary: a good read
Comment: A good read but not nearly as endearing as The Color Purple.
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Title: Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women by Alice Walker ISBN: 0156002140 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker ISBN: 0671683993 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker ISBN: 0345407954 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Color Purple by Alice Walker ISBN: 0671727796 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Meridian by Alice Walker ISBN: 067172701X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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