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Francisco's Island

Francisco's Island

Magdalena Jones
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".And he puts the car into reverse and shines the headlights on me and guns the motor, and I run through the mud in my high heels behind the gate house. My only thought is that I have to keep the gate house between me and the car, so I keep running around it and around it. That gate house saved my life." That attempted murder forced her to take the necessary steps to change her life, fighting against the customs and centuries long habits of a languid Caribbean island where young women were expected to be obedient and complacent and none dared take on the establishment, least of all a woman alone with three small children and no money or education to speak of. Francisco's Island is the story of this highly successful journey, which would have never been possible without the many men who taught her how to love and accompanied her at different times along the way through triumphs and personal tragedy. "Without these to keep me tranquil and in balance, I would never be able to do all the other things that I do. They are essential to my very existence." But above all, the novel is the story of living a forbidden romance spanning a quarter century amid the backdrop of the island's development and modernization to attain its golden years, and then its final decent and deterioration. It is sexy, opinionated, funny, well observed and sassy, and shows that one person's poison can be another person's fulfillment.
Language
English
Pages
108
Format
Hardcover
Release
September 23, 2005
ISBN 13
9781420869064

Francisco's Island

Magdalena Jones
0/5 ( ratings)
".And he puts the car into reverse and shines the headlights on me and guns the motor, and I run through the mud in my high heels behind the gate house. My only thought is that I have to keep the gate house between me and the car, so I keep running around it and around it. That gate house saved my life." That attempted murder forced her to take the necessary steps to change her life, fighting against the customs and centuries long habits of a languid Caribbean island where young women were expected to be obedient and complacent and none dared take on the establishment, least of all a woman alone with three small children and no money or education to speak of. Francisco's Island is the story of this highly successful journey, which would have never been possible without the many men who taught her how to love and accompanied her at different times along the way through triumphs and personal tragedy. "Without these to keep me tranquil and in balance, I would never be able to do all the other things that I do. They are essential to my very existence." But above all, the novel is the story of living a forbidden romance spanning a quarter century amid the backdrop of the island's development and modernization to attain its golden years, and then its final decent and deterioration. It is sexy, opinionated, funny, well observed and sassy, and shows that one person's poison can be another person's fulfillment.
Language
English
Pages
108
Format
Hardcover
Release
September 23, 2005
ISBN 13
9781420869064

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