Possessing the Secret of Joy is a 1992 novel by Alice Walker.
Plot Summary
It tells the story of Tashi, a minor character in Walker's earlier novel The Color Purple. She comes from an unnamed African nation where clitoridectomy is practised. She agrees to have this operation performed on her (despite the fact that it killed her sister because she was a haemophiliac) to honour her local traditions. Later she moves to the United States and sees several psychiatrists because of the trauma she has suffered before finding the strength to act.
