{"product_id":"angel-de-la-luna-and-the-5th-glorious-mystery-paperback","title":"Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Evelina Galang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAngel de la Luna\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully told, and at times, heartbreaking coming of age and coming to America story. Evelina Galang is a masterful storyteller and through her brilliant voice and craft, Angel and her family become ours too.\"--Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world--in her family, her community, and her country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina \"Comfort Women\" of WWII, and a cold winter's season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Evelina Galang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHer Wild American Self\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eOne Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e. She has edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eScreaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently writing \u003ci\u003eLolas' House: Women Living with War\u003c\/i\u003e, stories of surviving Filipina WWII \"Comfort Women,\" and is at work on a new novel. Galang teaches in and directs the creative writing program at the University of Miami, is core faculty for VONA\/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation, and has been named one of the one hundred most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women's Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eM. Evelina Galang is the author of \u003ci\u003eHer Wild American Self\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press, '96); the novel \u003ci\u003eOne Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e (New Issues Press, '06). She has edited the anthology, \u003ci\u003eScreaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press, '03). She is currently writing \u003ci\u003eLolas' House: Women Living with War\u003c\/i\u003e, stories of surviving Filipina WWII \"Comfort Women\" and is at work on a new novel, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Sorrow, Beautiful Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. Galang teaches in and directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami, is core faculty for VONA\/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation and has been named one of the 100 most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women's Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771487977760,"sku":"9781566893336","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e58ae984dc741227a29546f03e8e2077.webp?v=1780387445","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/angel-de-la-luna-and-the-5th-glorious-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}