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Lorraine Lopez
author of The Gifted GabaldÓn sisters
(Published by Grand Central Publishing)
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About the Book
The four motherless Gabaldón sisters are not your average
girls. Raised by their utility-worker father in Hollywood,
California, Loretta Young, Bette Davis, Sophia Loren, and
Rita Hayworth know little about their true heritage—or the
source of their unusual "gifts". And they have no
idea that Fermina, the elderly Hopi housekeeper, holds the
secret to their past . . . and their destiny.
When they are
but children learning from Fermina about the mysteries of
life, each girl discovers her own special talent, from healing
animals to the power of persuasion to cursing enemies to making
people laugh. But such gifts can be a burden as well. And
as the Gabaldón sisters struggle to find acceptance,
they are forced to confront the surprising circumstances of
their extraordinary legacy, while they try to reconnect with
their past and find a way to be free. |
About the Author
Lorraine López is an assistant
professor of English at Vanderbilt University in Nashville
and associate editor of the Afro-Hispanic Review.
Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Voices
of Mexico, CrazyHorse, Image, Cimarron Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, StoryQuarterly/Narrative Magazine, and Latino
Boom. Her short story collection, Soy la Avon
Lady and Other Stories (Curbstone Press, 2002) won
the inaugural Miguel Marmól prize for fiction. Her
second book, Call Me Henri (Curbstone Press
2006) was awarded the Paterson Prize for Young Adult Literature.
Currently, Lorraine López is editing a collection of
personal essays by women writers from lower and working class
backgrounds, An Angle of Vision (University
of Michigan Press0. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with
her husband, Louis Siegel. |
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