Scattering the Ashes
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0927534754 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 387 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly This fictionalized life story of Teresa Urrea, a real woman who came to prominence in the late 1800s as the unofficial saint of the Mexican Revolution, has many of the earmarks of effective fiction: revolution, mysticism, romance, the singular individual life played out against a background of deep social injustice. The daughter of a servant and a lecherous ranch boss, Teresa exhibits unusual powers and eventually falls into a three-month trance during which she acquires the ability to perform miraculous cures. This lack of subtlety at critical moments flattens the impact of what could have been a compelling story. As drawn by Domecq, Teresa's is a life full of paradox and conflict. False rumors of Teresa's involvement in the uprisings spread, and she and her father are imprisoned, then exiled to the U.S. . She gains a following among the poor, and they invoke her name in a revolt against Mexico's oppressive dictator, Porfirio D!az. T
SCATTERING THE ASHES is a book about exile, about Cuba and her offspring, and about the power of history and politics over Cubans' daily lives. Maria del Carmen Boza tells that shared history through the private story of a family living and adapting awkwardly to an alien land, with, according to Howard Norman, "unmitigated integrity, beauty, courage and passion." Boza lives in Maine and teaches in the writing workshop at Bates College.. Highly recommended for the poignancy of its writing and the sensitive portrayal of an often misunderstood community"-Gustavo Perez Firmat. "The vivid and compassionate story of one woman's- and one family's- struggle to come to terms with the shattering consequences of exile. Memoir
A courageous book -- difficult and rewarding. A Customer Think of Cuban exiles and you will likely come up with a stereotypical figure -- rich, right-wing, insane. In the US this prejudice is largely unexamined. Cuban exiles are easy to dismiss. But I wouldn't dismiss this one.Boza, a Cuban exile who came to the US when she was eight, has written a courageous book -- her first. Compelled to discover why her father committed suicide -- she explores the effect of the political o. A moving story about reconciliation with the past The act of emigration is traumatic for most of us, who retain the freedom to return to our homelands, to visit family and friends, to find the comfort of familiar sights and sounds. In Ms. Boza's memoir, a fragile young girl emigrates to this country as an exile who can never see her extended family or home again. She writes a poignant and thought-provoking story about her struggle to make peace with her past and move on. scattered and repetitive A Customer I am an avid reader of latino fiction and eagerly bought this book hoping that it would be a good addition to my latino literature course. I was thoroughly dissapointed. The text is repetitive and awkward in its prose. Worst of all it presents as a text about Cuban exile, but reads like a tale of a woman who has unresolved issues with her dead father and her disconnected mother. If you are interested in reading about a w