About this book
The acclaimed author of The Color Purple presents a provocative story of a young tribal African woman who lives most of her adult life in America. Tashi submits to her people's custom of genital mutilation. Severely traumatize d by the experience, she spends the rest of her life battling madness, trying to regain the ability to recognize her own reality.
Subjects
Abused womenAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansFemale circumcisionFicciónFictionMujeres afronorteamericanasPsychological fictionPsychologyWomen immigrantsMental illnessBlack womenLiteratureEnglish languageUnited StatesNovels (form)Fiction, generalAfrican americans, fictionAfrica, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, psychologicalLarge type booksNew York Times reviewedAmerican fiction