By the Light of My Father's Smile

By Alice Walker

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Alice Walker's 1998 novel about an African American family's time in Mexico and a father's relationship with his daughters, narrated in part by the father's spirit.

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• Hillary Clinton: “I will read anything by Laura Hillenbrand, Walter Isaacson, Barbara Kingsolver, John le Carré, John Grisham, Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Anna Quindlen and Alice Walker.”