Contributions

  • Hargreaves, Geoff. - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

61,000 words, Guess

Page Count

244 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads4015793
  • LibraryThing2126928

Classifications

  • DDC863/.64
  • LCCPQ7298.12.O76 T7413 2001

Description

"Raised by her mother and grandmother, in an all-female home with not enough affection but more than enough stories to go around, Delmira Ulloa comes into adulthood with a wicked sense of humor and a delightful imagination. Agustini is not an ordinary village - Delmira grows up in a world where she sees her grandmother floating above the bed when she sleeps; where her grandmother remembers a time when stones turned into water; where during the dry season one can purchase torrential rains at a traveling fair; where her family's elderly serving woman develops stigmata, then disappears completely. As Delmira becomes a woman she will search for the missing stranger who fathered her, and in choosing her own allegiances make a choice that will force her to leave home forever."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Everything was bound to change, I realized, when I started to imagine-and couldn't stop imagining-that the virulent outbreak of flu was spreading far and wide.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Leaving TabascoGrove Press2001-01-01

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