By the Light of My Father's Smile by Alice Walker

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Author: Alice Walker
ISBN: 9780307816955

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Published on Mar 07, 2012 | 256 Pages

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Published on Mar 07, 2012 | 256 Pages

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A family from the United States goes to the remote Sierras in Mexico–Susannah, the writer-to-be; her sister, Magdalena; and their father and mother. There, amid an endangered band of mixed-race blacks and Indians called the Mundo, they begin an encounter that will change them more than they could ever dream.

Moving back and forth in time, and among unforgettable characters and their magical stories, Walker brilliantly explores the ways in which a woman’s denied sexuality leads to the loss of the much prized and necessary original self–and how she regains that self, even as her family’s past of lies and love is transformed. . . .

"A jubilant novel . . . [An] evocative family tale of love, passion, and forgiveness."
–San Francisco Chronicle

"[THIS] POWERFUL STORY IS ABOUT LOVE, FORGIVENESS, PASSION AND BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF."
–Detroit Free Press

"HUGELY ORIGINAL, BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE HAS MORE THAN A HINT OF INCANTATORY MAGIC ABOUT IT. . . . Light explores what happens–to an entire family–when a daughter cannot forgive her father for a single, hypocritical, soul-crushing act. It explores the dangerous bonds of fidelity between sisters, lovers, memories. . . . Walker’s language is sensual and at the same time delightfully precise. . . . Political, immodest, astonishing by turns, [this novel] once again demonstrates Walker’s gigantic talent."
–The Baltimore Sun

"PROVOCATIVE . . . A BEGUILING STORY OF DIFFICULT FATHER-DAUGHTER BONDS AND STAR-CROSSED LOVERS."
–People

BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE "FULFILLS A READER’S NEED FOR WISDOM. . . . WRITTEN IN AT LEAST TWO DIMENSIONS AND ACROSS DECADES."
–Los Angeles Times Book Review

"ALICE WALKER IS A LAVISHLY GIFTED WRITER."
–The New York Times Book Review

Author

Alice Walker

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Her other novels include By the Light of My Father’s Smile and Possessing the Secret of Joy. She is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, seven volumes of poetry, and several children’s books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California.

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By Alice Walker