Kissing the Virgin's Mouth
Author | : Donna M. Gershten |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780061873157 |
ISBN-13 | : 0061873152 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Download or read book Kissing the Virgin's Mouth written by Donna M. Gershten and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guadalupe Magdalena Molina Vásquez -- wife, scoundrel, courtesan, mother -- is full of contradictions: she believes in love but is suspicious of men; she rejects religion but admires the Virgin Mary; she respects tradition while breaking all the rules. Here, in the Golden Zone of Teatán, Mexico, Magda tells her extraordinary life story -- from a poor Mexican barrio to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness -- and bewitchingly imparts the hard-earned wisdom she has gained through the years.