| The Aguero Sisters Contributor(s): García, Cristina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345406516 ISBN-13: 9780345406514 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Reina and Constancia Aguero are Cuban sisters who have been estranged for thirty years. Reina--tall, darkly beautiful, and magnetically sexual--still lives in her homeland. Once a devoted daughter of la revoluciin, she now basks in the glow of her many admiring suitors, believing only in what she can grasp with her five senses. The pale and very petite Constancia lives in the United States, a beauty expert who sees miracles and portents wherever she looks. After she and her husband retire to Miami, she becomes haunted by the memory of her parents and the unexplained death of her beloved mother so long ago. Told in the stirring voices of their parents, their daughters, and themselves, The Aguero Sisters tells a mesmerizing story about the power of myth to mask, transform, and finally, reveal the truth--as two women move toward an uncertain, long awaited reunion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98084511 |
| Lexile Measure: 1000 |
| Series: Ballantine Reader's Circle |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.19" W x 8.06" (0.81 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 44734 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reina and Constancia Ag ero are Cuban sisters who have been estranged for thirty years. Reina--tall, darkly beautiful, and magnetically sexual--still lives in her homeland. Once a devoted daughter of la revoluci n, she now basks in the glow of her many admiring suitors, believing only in what she can grasp with her five senses. The pale and very petite Constancia lives in the United States, a beauty expert who sees miracles and portents wherever she looks. After she and her husband retire to Miami, she becomes haunted by the memory of her parents and the unexplained death of her beloved mother so long ago. Told in the stirring voices of their parents, their daughters, and themselves, The Ag ero Sisters tells a mesmerizing story about the power of myth to mask, transform, and finally, reveal the truth--as two women move toward an uncertain, long awaited reunion. |