Women's fiction, young adult fiction
Benedicta Takes Wing and Other Stories
PHP 320.00
In her debut short story collection, award-winning Filipino-American writer Veronica Montes explores the intricate workings of Filipino families, both those we are born into and those we choose. Two American-born sisters experience an unforgettable night in a Manila nightclub. A desperate field worker longs for love in 1927 California. A lonely woman stumbles on a surrogate son and creates a makeshift family. A young girl?s innocence is betrayed by a malevolent houseguest. These characters and many more populate the fourteen narratives of this finely crafted collection.
Publisher: "Veronica Montes was born in San Francisco and came of age in the fog and mist of Daly City, California, along with thousands of other Filipino kids who frequently appear, sometimes unbidden, in her short stories. After living in Vancouver, Canada; Washington, D.C.; and Santa Barbara, California, she and her husband, Andrew Wadhams, settled back home in the San Francisco Bay Area to raise their three daughters.
She is the author of The Conquered Sits at the Bus Stop, Waiting, winner of the Black River Chapbook Competition and published by Black Lawrence Press (New York), as well as the chapbook I?m Not Lost published by Ethel, a Micro Press (Pennsylvania). Her writing has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies, both online and in traditional formats. Connect with her at veronica-montes.com."
Year: 2024
Category: Fiction - Short Stories
Language: English
Pages count: 154
Word count: 35600
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cm
ISBN: 978-971-506-930-4
Keywords: Filipino-Americans, Filipino families, Family ties and culture
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