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By the light of my father's smile : a novel / Alice Walker.

Summary:

A novel of 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."
All your life you have the necessary illusion that you know all there is to know about heartbreak. I hate to be 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'.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780375501524
  • ISBN: 0375501525
  • Physical Description: 222 p. ; 24 cm. : ill.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, c1998.
Subject: Angels > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Spirituality > Fiction.
Parables > Fiction.
Sex > Fiction.
Topic Heading: AF.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Smithers Public Library F WAL (Text) 35101000057864 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library AF WAL (Text)
Donation: 2014
35198000554676 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Elkford Public Library FC WAL (Text) 35170000313023 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library FIC WAL (Text) 35136000219429 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Nelson Public Library F WAL (Text) 35148002034920 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Stewart Public Library F WAL (Text) 32238000169514 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Terrace Public Library Wal (Text) 001310788 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

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