By the Light of My Father's Smile
A Novel
By the Light of My Father's Smile is Alice Walker's first novel in six years--a stunning, original, and important book by "one of the best American writers of today" (The Washington Post).
A family from the United States goes to the remote Sierras in Mexico--the writer-to-be, Susannah; her sister, Magdalena; her father and mother. And 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 stories, Walker crosses conventional borders of all kinds as she explores in this magical novel the ways in which a woman's denied sexuality leads to the loss of the…
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August 31, 1999Alice 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.
The Color Purple (MTI)
Alice Walker
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Tanya Holland's California Soul
Tanya Holland with with Maria C. Hunt and Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, foreword by Alice Walker
A Poem Traveled Down My Arm
Alice Walker
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart
Alice Walker
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth
Alice Walker
Voices in Our Blood
Edited by Jon Meacham
The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
Alice Walker
By the Light of My Father's Smile
Alice Walker