Working with a minor character from The Color Purple, Walker's novel is about the lasting effects of female genital mutilation on the body and psyche. "This Book is Dedicated/ with Tenderness and Respect/ to the Blameless/ Vulva". Numbered first edition signed by Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker. 

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. 286 pages. 25 x 14.5 x 3cm. 120 of 250 limited first edition copies. Signed. Hardback in slipcase with near fine case and book.