Amazon download books to pc Daughters of the Stone by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa 9781732642409 (English literature)

Daughters of the Stone. Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Daughters-of-the-Stone.pdf
ISBN: 9781732642409 | 338 pages | 9 Mb

• Daughters of the Stone
• Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
• Page: 338
• Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
• ISBN: 9781732642409
• Publisher: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Download Daughters of the Stone

Amazon download books to pc Daughters of the Stone by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa 9781732642409 (English literature)

Overview

A lyrical powerful novel about a family of Afro-Puerto Rican women spanning five generations, detailing their physical and spiritual journey from the Old World to the New. It is the mid-1800s. Fela, taken from Africa, is working at her second sugar plantation in colonial Puerto Rico, where her mistress is only too happy to benefit from her impressive embroidery skills. But Fela has a secret. Before she and her husband were separated and sold into slavery, they performed a tribal ceremony in which they poured the essence of their unborn child into a very special stone. Fela keeps the stone with her, waiting for the chance to finish what she started. When the plantation owner approaches her, Fela sees a better opportunity for her child, and allows the man to act out his desire. Such is the beginning of a line of daughters connected by their intense love for one another, and the stories of a lost land. Mati, a powerful healer and noted craftswoman, is grounded in a life that is disappearing in a quickly changing world. Concha, unsure of her place, doesn’t realize the price she will pay for rejecting her past. Elena, modern and educated, tries to navigate between two cultures, moving to New York, where she struggles to keep her family together. Carisa turns to the past for wisdom and strength when her life in New York falls apart. The stone becomes meaningful to each of the women, pulling them through times of crisis. Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa shows great skill and warmth in the telling of this heartbreaking, inspirational story about mothers and daughters, and the ways in which they hurt and save one another.

Download more ebooks:
Free online downloadable books Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, Vol. 5 (light novel) 9780316556231 by Ishio Yamagata, Miyagi
Downloading audio books ipod Rescue on the River by Marianne Hering, Sheila Seifert FB2 9781589979932
Free online books download pdf Common Blessings / Common Curses by Maritsa Patrinos 9781452177960
E book free download for android Training for the Uphill Athlete: A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers