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A novel on two black sisters whose father forbids teen sex and when one engages in it gives her a hiding. The novel explores "the ways in which a woman's denied sexuality leads to the loss of the much-prized and necessary original self." By the author of The Color Purple.
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By the Light of My Father's Smile, Alice Walker
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- Released
- 1999
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alice Walker
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 243
- ISBN10
- 0345434552
- ISBN13
- 9780345434555
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Feminism, Sexuality & Intimacy, Violence, African American Literature
- Original title
- By the light of my father's smile
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- A novel on two black sisters whose father forbids teen sex and when one engages in it gives her a hiding. The novel explores "the ways in which a woman's denied sexuality leads to the loss of the much-prized and necessary original self." By the author of The Color Purple.