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The circle of myth, history, longing, and grief in Song of the Water Saints will envelop the reader as it does the lives of Nelly Rosarios beautifully realized characters. Maureen Howard, author of A Lovers Almanac Poetic, transporting, and heartbreaking, this debut novel traces the lives of three generations of courageous Dominican women. First there is a young girl rebelling against the strictures of her poor, rural life in the Dominican Republic in the early 1900s, she searches for her true destiny even as it lures her away from her husband and baby daughter. . . . Then there is Mercedes, passionately devoted to the Church, who rears herself after the death of her beloved stepfather, eventually marrying and moving with her husband to New York City, where she will bring up her granddaughter. . . . Coming of age in the freewheeling 1990sand bringing the story full circleLeila has without a doubt inherited the restless genes of great-grandmother Graciela. . . . The intimate details of life in New York and the Dominican Republic, the broad strokes of history, the subtleties of familial connection amid changing notions of home and obligationall are rendered with grace and gritty real

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Author

Rosario, Nelly, 1972-

Publisher

New York: Pantheon Books

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375420870

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.48 / 5 (130 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14