Ana Castillo
From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacherâ€™s aide in a small New Mexican border town, TÃ­a Regina is also raising her teenage nephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has entered the country illegally and aspires to the priesthood. When Gaboâ€™s father, Rafa, disappears while crossing over from Mexico, Regina fears the worst. ,After several days of waiting and with an ominous phone call from a woman who may be connected to a smuggling ring, Regina and Gabo resolve to find Rafa. Help arrives in the form of Miguel, an amorous, recently divorced history teacher; Miguelâ€™s gregarious abuelo Milton; a couple of Gaboâ€™s gangbanger classmates; and a priest of wayward faith. Though their journey is rife with challenges and danger, it will serve as a remarkable testament to family bonds, cultural pride, and the human experience,
  ,Praise for ,The Guardians,
,NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ,THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE,â€œAn always skilled storyteller, [Castillo] grounds her writing in... humor, love, suspense and heartacheâ€“that draw the reader in.â€,â€“,Chicago Sunday Sun-Times,â€œA rollicking read, with jokes and suspense and joy rides and hearts breaking... This smart, passionate novel deserves a wide audience.â€ ,â€“Los Angeles Times,â€œWhat drives the novel is its chorus of characters, all, in their own way, witnesses and guardian angels. In the end, Castilloâ€™s unmistakable voiceâ€“earthy, impassioned, weaving a â€˜hybrid vocabulary for a hybrid peopleâ€™â€“is the bookâ€™s greatest revelation.â€,â€“Time Out New York,â€œA wonderful novel... Castilloâ€™s most important accomplishment in ,The Guardians, is to give a unique literary voice to questions about what makes up a â€˜family.â€™ â€,â€“El Paso Times,â€œA moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative.â€ ,â€“Oscar Hijuelos, author of ,The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love ,From the Trade Paperback edition.
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The Guardians