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Book Reviews
Copyright (c) 1993, Heather DeRouen
All rights reserved
POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY
Alice Walker
Pocket Books
$5.99 US, $7.50 Canada
"There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy, and
that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral
or physical devastation."
Thus begins "Possessing the Secret of Joy", the most recent novel by
Alice Walker, the Pulitzer-prize winning author of "The Color Purple".
From this point forward, we witness the voyage of self-discovery and
revelation of Tashi, the Olinkan wife of Adam. Adam was the son that
Celie put up for adopion at the beginning of "The Color Purple".
This book is neither a prequel nor a sequel to "The Color Purple", as was
"The Temple of My Familiar", but is rather a detailed development of two
of the characters introduced in "The Color Purple". It is the existing
familiarity with these characters that makes the reader feel all the
more intensely the joy, pain, and rage expressed within the pages.
With this book, Alice Walker has once again proven herself one of the
foremost storytellers of our time.
The book is a "coming of age" story for every woman who has ever
lived in the servitude of men, tracing Tashi's journey from
servitude to freedom as she realizes that "RESISTANCE is the secret of
joy".
I found this novel to be one of the most compelling I've read in many
years, and highly recommend it.
My rating: (out of 10 points) 8