# By the Light of My Father's Smile

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- Book: [By the Light of My Father’s Smile](https://www.bookquiver.com/alice-walker/by-the-light-of-my-fathers-smile) ([By the Light of My Father’s Smile.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alice-walker/by-the-light-of-my-fathers-smile.md))
- Authors: [Alice Walker](https://www.bookquiver.com/alice-walker)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4542-606-2
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'Alice Walker in this, the most beautiful, the most compassionate, the most sensuous of novels, has created a masterpiece. It is one of the most life-enhancing novels you could hope to read. Flawless' Mary Louden, THE TIMES 'All your life you have the necessary illusion that you know all there is to know about heartbreak. I hate to the one to tell you about the heartbreak you will experience after you die . . .' A family goes to the remote sierras of Mexico - the writer-to--be Susannah; her sister Magdalena; their father and mother. There, amid indigenous people called the Mundo, they begin an encounter that will change them more than they ever could have dreamed. This is a deeply sensual novel that explores the richness of female sexuality as a celebration of life, affirming the belief 'that it is the triumphant heart, not the conquered heart, that forgives. And that love is both timeless and beyond'.