Jaramillo Luis - The Witches Of El Paso A Novel - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A lawyer and her elderly great - aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost child in this richly imagined and empowering story of motherhood magic and legacy in the vein of The Inheritance of Orqu dea Divina and La Hacienda. If you call to the witches they will come. 1943, El Paso Texas: teenager Nena spends her days caring for the small children of her older sisters while longing for a life of freedom and adventure. The premonitions and fainting spells she has endured since childhood are getting worse and Nena worries she ll end up like the scary old curandera down the street. Nena prays for help and when the mysterious Sister Benedicta arrives late one night Nena follows her across the borders of space and time. In colonial Mexico Nena grows into her power finding love and learning that magic always comes with a price. In the present day Nena's grandniece Marta balances a struggling legal aid practice with motherhood and the care of the now ninety - three - year - old Nena. When Marta agrees to help search for a daughter Nena left in the past the two forge a fierce connection. Marta's own supernatural powers emerge awakening her to new possibilities that threaten the life she has constructed. Sexy smart and soulful Luis Jaramillo's The Witches of El Paso pulls us across borders and time to get to the essence of what it means for families to survive this beautiful fractured world (Mira Jacob author of Good Talk).
Title: The Witches Of El Paso A Novel
Author(s): Jaramillo Luis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781668033210
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 10/8/2024
Category: Fantasy