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

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375501525
  • ISBN: 9780375501524
  • Physical Description: 222 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1998]
Subject:
African Americans > Fiction.
Indians of Mexico > Mixed descent > Fiction.
Mexico > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 38 of 39 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 39 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Alleghany Public Library F WALKER (Text) 30664100147344 Adult Fiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library FIC WAL (Text) 31111001588087 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F WAL (Text) 2000515939 Adult Fiction Available -
Charles H. Stone Memorial Library F WALKER (Text) 40599000139561 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F WALKER (Text) 22281500050122 Adult Fiction Available -
Cliffdale Library F WALKER (Text) 31781060023320 Adult Fiction Available -
Columbus Library F WAL (Text) 31250200052539 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F WALKER (Text) 31781018461853 Adult Fiction Available -
Denton Public Library F W (Text) 25908002460371 Adult Fiction Available -
Eden Library Fic (Text) 31554005791313 Adult Fiction Available -

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