Cuquita

by Thomas Matthew

Overview

When Cuquita gets lost, she's confronted with agonizing choices. Cuquita hails from a planet far from Earth. Stranded on the Blue Planet, she is forced to disguise herself and live as a human until she can be rescued and returned home. “Cuquita” by Thomas Matthew is a novel about loss and fear, with lessons about good choices, and respecting and preserving all forms of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781432792015
Publisher:	Outskirts Press, Inc.
Publication date:	05/29/2012
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.95(d)

Editorial Reviews

Cuquita is almost too good to be true, another tale about an alien civilization that is vastly superior to humans in every way. It seems that the novel is therefore a diatribe about the failings of humanity, being compared to the much more advanced Cuquita. However, that is not the entire story. She is taken in by the Weatherfords (Wilson, Doris, Margie, and Mark) and cared for as if she were their own child. The Weatherfords are the typical wholesome, perhaps even overly-romanticized small town farm family. They may be inferior to Cuquita, mentally and physically, but they are a paradigm of an old-school, generous, loving family which makes this story one about a plea for a return to a simpler, pastoral communal existence as well as a plea for progress, indicated by lessons learned from an advanced civilization.

Pacific Reviews