Ana Castillo
Birth date: June 15, 1953
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Anyone who has learned anything about the Mexican Revolution knows that it was a complicated era in that nation’s history that just seemed to continue without end. The Underdogs was the first novel about the conflict even as it continued to grind on and written by a former participant Mariano Azuel...
What a jam-packed novel! Castillo clearly presents her opinion of the Chicano culture through mysticism and the town of Tome -- mostly focusing on Sofi and her four daughters. Rich with undercurrents of multiple ideas: rebirth through strife, oppression of natives, female empowerment, and many many ...
The Guardians is a moving, suspenseful and engaging novel about family, justice and injustice. It's the story of Regina, a widow and de facto parent of Gabo, a spiritual but troubled teen aged boy whose father, Regina's brother, has disappeared crossing the border from Mexico to America. Regina dete...
This book was highly recommended to me a while back, and I quickly added it to my wish list as it looked exactly like the kind of book I love to read. Honestly, I'd say this book was a disappointment. All the men were losers, manipulative or abusive or cruel. The women seemed to wander from man to m...