"A powerful novel of family, race, faith, and culture that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them. They refer to themselves as "las madres," a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters (las nen...
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"La historia de Esmeralda Santiago comienza en la zona rural de Puerto Rico, donde sus padres y siete hermanos tenían una vida difícil, pero llena de amor y ternura. De niña, Esmeralda aprendió cómo se come una guayaba, cómo se ayuda a que el alma de un bebé muerto suba al cielo....
"Even as a young girl in nineteenth-century Spain, Ana Cubillas is drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in twin brothers Ramon and Inocente, both in love with Ana, she finds a way to get there: she marr...
While preparing for Christmas in Puerto Rico, seven-year-old Esmeralda asks the Three Magi for a baby doll like her cousin's, but when they bring something else instead she gains a deeper understanding of the meaning of the holiday.
"A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"-- Provided by publisher.