2866349The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómezhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-miraculous-day-of-amalia-gomez-9781555847296/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2229543/0421af20-5395-4ce5-95af-f8fddff054e8.jpg?v=638383687307770000188229MXNGrove AtlanticInStock/Ebooks/A Los Angeles Latina woman living in poverty and hoping for miracles comes to stunning and heartbreaking life in this novel from an award-winning author (Newsday).On a hot, still day in May, Amalia Gómez seesor thinks she seesa large silver cross in the sky. Does this vision foretell a miracle? The pragmatic, twice-divorced Amalia is doubtful . . .Amalias neighborhooda decaying area near a shabby part of Hollywood Boulevardis under attack from gang wars and the police. Her live-in boyfriend is behaving suspiciously, her fast teenage daughter Gloria has become too much to handle, and her teenage son is hinting hes in serious trouble. Most of all, Amalia is haunted by thoughts of her past and her first-born, dead in jail under mysterious circumstances.As the epiphanies and small omens of Amalias day build to a climax as wondrous as it is shattering, PEN Center USAs Lifetime Achievement Awardwinning author John Rechy takes us into the complicated life of a Chicano family living in Los Angelesin all its spirited, gritty reality, giving us a novel with more truth in it than a carload of best-sellers (The Washington Post).A fierce book . . . [told in] tough, uninhibited prose. Hartford CourantA vivid and touching novel . . . Rough, heartbreaking . . . Rechy is masterful. San Antonio Express-NewsA triumph, a sad, beautiful and loving book rooted in cultural experience as well as deep intuition. Newsday[An] ardently feminist piece of writing. By portraying her abusive past, the poverty and the narrow choices facing Amalia G[ó]mez, Rechy illuminates the plight of certain minority women who remain locked in the dark ages of female emancipation, shut off from any help . . . Amalia G[ó]mez may be the main character, but poverty and ignorance, injustice and fear, are the real subjects of this engaging novel. Los Angeles Times...2802574The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez188229https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-miraculous-day-of-amalia-gomez-9781555847296/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2229543/0421af20-5395-4ce5-95af-f8fddff054e8.jpg?v=638383687307770000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20079781555847296_W3siaWQiOiIxM2ViNjA3Ni01YjMzLTQ5OTktOWJiYi1mOWMwNTQ1YmI0YzgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDQtMTdUMTM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781555847296_A Los Angeles Latina woman living in poverty and hoping for miracles comes to stunning and heartbreaking life in this novel from an award-winning author (Newsday).On a hot, still day in May, Amalia Gómez seesor thinks she seesa large silver cross in the sky. Does this vision foretell a miracle? The pragmatic, twice-divorced Amalia is doubtful . . .Amalias neighborhooda decaying area near a shabby part of Hollywood Boulevardis under attack from gang wars and the police. Her live-in boyfriend is behaving suspiciously, her fast teenage daughter Gloria has become too much to handle, and her teenage son is hinting hes in serious trouble. Most of all, Amalia is haunted by thoughts of her past and her first-born, dead in jail under mysterious circumstances.As the epiphanies and small omens of Amalias day build to a climax as wondrous as it is shattering, PEN Center USAs Lifetime Achievement Awardwinning author John Rechy takes us into the complicated life of a Chicano family living in Los Angelesin all its spirited, gritty reality, giving us a novel with more truth in it than a carload of best-sellers (The Washington Post).A fierce book . . . told in tough, uninhibited prose. Hartford CourantA vivid and touching novel . . . Rough, heartbreaking . . . Rechy is masterful. San Antonio Express-NewsA triumph, a sad, beautiful and loving book rooted in cultural experience as well as deep intuition. NewsdayAn ardently feminist piece of writing. By portraying her abusive past, the poverty and the narrow choices facing Amalia Gómez, Rechy illuminates the plight of certain minority women who remain locked in the dark ages of female emancipation, shut off from any help . . . Amalia Gómez may be the main character, but poverty and ignorance, injustice and fear, are the real subjects of this engaging novel. Los Angeles Times...(*_*)9781555847296_A Los Angeles Latina woman living in poverty and hoping for miracles comes to stunning and heartbreaking life in this novel from an award-winning author (Newsday).On a hot, still day in May, Amalia Gómez seesor thinks she seesa large silver cross in the sky. Does this vision foretell a miracle? The pragmatic, twice-divorced Amalia is doubtful . . .Amalias neighborhooda decaying area near a shabby part of Hollywood Boulevardis under attack from gang wars and the police. Her live-in boyfriend is behaving suspiciously, her fast teenage daughter Gloria has become too much to handle, and her teenage son is hinting hes in serious trouble. Most of all, Amalia is haunted by thoughts of her past and her first-born, dead in jail under mysterious circumstances.As the epiphanies and small omens of Amalias day build to a climax as wondrous as it is shattering, PEN Center USAs Lifetime Achievement Awardwinning author John Rechy takes us into the complicated life of a Chicano family living in Los Angelesin all its spirited, gritty reality, giving us a novel with more truth in it than a carload of best-sellers (The Washington Post).A fierce book . . . [told in] tough, uninhibited prose. Hartford CourantA vivid and touching novel . . . Rough, heartbreaking . . . Rechy is masterful. San Antonio Express-NewsA triumph, a sad, beautiful and loving book rooted in cultural experience as well as deep intuition. Newsday[An] ardently feminist piece of writing. By portraying her abusive past, the poverty and the narrow choices facing Amalia G[ó]mez, Rechy illuminates the plight of certain minority women who remain locked in the dark ages of female emancipation, shut off from any help . . . Amalia G[ó]mez may be the main character, but poverty and ignorance, injustice and fear, are the real subjects of this engaging novel. Los Angeles Times...9781555847296_Grove Atlanticlibro_electonico_40515996-48de-30be-8fad-5d2a43ef5184_9781555847296;9781555847296_9781555847296John RechyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-cc24ed59-1a77-498b-85a7-4013c2856f79.epub2007-12-01T00:00:00+00:00Grove Atlantic