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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. En bok med tre av hennes bøker i en. Vigil is an interesting and beautifully written novel. Although you may think this would be a disheartening story, it was not. Yes, there is sadness, but is also a story about happiness, friendship, and family. Each character is carefully developed with Ana as the one moral constant in the family. Eventually she is influenced by the immorality of the family members and conflict occurs. The story was captivating as Ana reflects back on her life starting as a child in El Salvador hiding from soldiers. As she tends to her dying love, she reflects on her memories of her mother and childhood friends to her life as a postulant. I enjoyed Vigil for its rich descriptions and interesting characters. It was a romantic novel without being a typical “Romance” novel.
"Søster, hva ville du råde noen til som var tvunget til å velge mellom ærlighet og kjærlighet?" Ana står overfor et av sine vanskeligste valg. Etter å ha flyktet fra borgerkrigen i El Salvador til et kloster i USA, må hun motvillig fortsette sin livsreise. Hun får jobb som barnepike hos den konfliktfylte familien Trellis, en familie fanget i et overfladisk rikmannsliv i California. Trass i sine egne følelsesmessige sår er Ana i stand til å gi omtanke og lindring, og til slutt finner hun kjærligheten der hun minst ventet det.
When a nanny from war-torn El Salvador moves in with a wealthy American family, the result is an inspiring story about the power of love to cross cultural boundaries. Cecilia Samartin's most impressive work yet, Vigil is told from the perspective of Ana, a middle aged woman who is waiting at the deathbed of her husband as he loses his battle against cancer. While she waits, she thinks back on her life and the incredible journey that brought her from war-torn El Salvador, to a convent in the U.S., and finally to a wealthy California estate where she was employed as the nanny for a dysfunctional family caught up in the throes of decadent life. Despite her traumatic past, she is able to bring a wealth of love and harmony to her affluent yet spiritually bereft employers--gifts that no money could ever buy. In the course of Samartin's work as a psychotherapist, she has been awed by those rare individuals who not only survive after having endured unimaginable trauma, but flourish, and are able to promote the same in those around them. Vigil is the story of one such woman and the family that she sets her heart on saving. A heart-wrenching story of love and loss, Vigil is Cecilia Samartin's most powerful novel to date. As Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander said, "Samartin writes with shimmering grace about homeland, exile, passion, and loyalty." Readers will be spellbound by Vigil's magical language and provocative themes. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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