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By the Light of My Father's Smile Alice Walker
By the Light of My Father's Smile
Alice Walker
By The Light Of My Father's Smile is the story of two sisters, Susannah and Magdalena, seen through the eyes of their dead father, now in the spirit world. Highly contemporary, sexually explicit, disturbing and tough, it explores how love and relationships are distorted by dishonesty and deceit.
224 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 1, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780704350830 |
| Publishers | The Women's Press Ltd |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 450 g |
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