description: To an outpost in the remote Sierras in Mexico comes an American family--the writer-to-be Susannah; her sister, father and mother. And they begin there, amid the Mundo, an endangered band of mixed race Blacks and Indians, an encounter that will change them more than they could ever dream. Moving back and forth in time, Walker explores the ways in which a woman's denied sexuality leads to the loss of the much-prized and necessary original self. And how she regains that self, even as her family's past of lies and love is transformed. Abridged.
language: English
title: By the Light of My Father's Smile
titlecomplete: By the Light of My Father's Smile
genres: African American Literature, Fiction, African American, Classics, Contemporary, Sexuality, Queer, Feminism, Literature, LGBT
ratings_count: 3225
places: Mexico
publisher: Random House Audio