Possessing the Secret of Joy

Possessing the Secret of Joy | Ideas for Group Discussions

Several reviewers predicted that Possessing the Secret of Joy would stir up controversy. It has not in the United States, probably for the same reason Alice Hall Petry suggests The Color Purple did not stir up as much controversy in the rest of society as it did in the African-American community: White society was not in the arena. For the most part, someone else's actions, and not America's own, are up for discussion in Possessing the Secret of Joy.

That said, there is still plenty to discuss. The Lancet, a British medical journal, notes that female...

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