Eccentric Neighborhoods

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480481770

<DIV><B>A &ldquo;colorful family saga&rdquo; set against the dramatic historical backdrop of twentieth-century Puerto Rico, from an author nominated for the National Book Award (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Elvira Vernet narrates&#160;<I>Eccentric Neighborhoods&#160;</I>as she attempts to solve the mystery of who her parents truly are. Her mother, the beautiful and aristocratic Clarissa Rivas de Santillana, was born into a rarefied world of privilege, one of five daughters on the family&rsquo;s sugar plantation. Elvira&rsquo;s father, Aurelio Vernet, and his three brothers and two sisters were raised by Santiago, a Cuban immigrant who ruled his family with an iron hand. As Puerto Rico struggles for independence&mdash;and Aurelio takes his place among the powerful political gentry&mdash;a legacy of violence, infidelity, faith, and sacrifice is born.<BR /><BR /> Set against the backdrop of a country coming of age,&#160;<I>Eccentric Neighborhoods</I>&#160;is a lush, transcendent novel, a family saga about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children. In this magnificent follow-up to&#160;<I>The House on the Lagoon</I>, Rosario Ferr&eacute; delivers a work of historical fiction influenced by magical realism and infused with forgiveness and love.</DIV>