Milagros

by Tess Almendárez Lojacono

Overview

Old ways are good ways, Mama taught her girls. They rolled their eyes. Mama's life, and her love, were molded by the pattern of those old ways. Traditions were as hard for her to relinquish as her wringer washer and line-dried sheets. She tried her best, alongside her husband Manuel, to shape their children with the same care she shaped her home-made bread rolls...only, the girls, the boys, their lifestyles, their mates, were not of that sweeter time. Old ways tussled with new ways, in a new time, and a new country. Customs served to protect the family, to insure its health and survival. It worked in the Old Country, then. Could it work in Pennsylvania? Now?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013203563
Publisher:	Silver Boomer Books
Publication date:	07/26/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Tess Almendárez Lojacono is a writer, business owner and a teacher. Her company, Fine Art Miracles, seeks to accomplish two goals: 1) to bring attention to the underserved through fine art education and 2) to embrace humanity in the elucidation of common experiences and emotions. She has a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. International Family Magazine has named her Editor of its Latin Families Column, where you can find her stories, along with the work of other Latin writers. Tess' poems and stories have appeared in OffCourse, a literary journal, in The Cortland Review, Flash Fiction Online, St. María's Messenger, Falling Star Magazine, The Shine Journal, A Fly In Amber, Joyful!, Etchings Magazine, Envoy Magazine and Words and Images.

Editorial Reviews

This was an enjoyable story of family, tradition, faith and "the incredible beauty of an ordinary life." Lojacono's debut novel was touching. The characters were interesting and varied, but at times just shy of believable. A negative aspect, from my point of view, was the underlying theme that all is part of God's plan and that the value of our lives can be measured by how we choose to please Him.

Donna BirdBrain