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Tammy M. (Classic Alice Walker. Great African-American characters. If you loved The Color Purple, you will live this!
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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 toher 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.
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A provocative novel about an African tribal woman's battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.
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