Cecilia Samartin: Vigil (engelsk roman)

Vigil (engelsk roman)

Boken har et par notater skrevet med blyant, men er ellers et pent eksemplar.

Permens rygg har en liten rift helt øverst som skyldes innbindingen.

Forfatter: Cecilia Samartin

Forlag/Utgiver: Washington Square Press

Format: Pocket/Paperback

Språk: Engelsk

Utgivelsesår: 2009

Antall sider: 404

Etter å ha flyktet fra borgerkrigen i El Salvador til et kloster i USA får Ana jobb som barnepike hos familien Trellis, en familie som lever rikmannslivet i California. Trass i sine egne følelsesmessige sår er Ana i stand til å gi omtanke og lindring, og til slutt finner hun kjærligheten der hun minst venter det.

Boken er på engelsk:

When a nanny from war-torn El Salvador moves in with a wealthy American family, the result is an inspiring story about the power of love to cross cultural boundaries.

Cecilia Samartin’s most impressive work yet, Vigil is told from the perspective of Ana, a middle aged woman who is waiting at the deathbed of her husband as he loses his battle against cancer. While she waits, she thinks back on her life and the incredible journey that brought her from war-torn El Salvador, to a convent in the U.S., and finally to a wealthy California estate where she was employed as the nanny for a dysfunctional family caught up in the throes of decadent life. Despite her traumatic past, she is able to bring a wealth of love and harmony to her affluent yet spiritually bereft employers—gifts that no money could ever buy.

In the course of Samartin’s work as a psychotherapist, she has been awed by those rare individuals who not only survive after having endured unimaginable trauma, but flourish, and are able to promote the same in those around them. Vigil is the story of one such woman and the family that she sets her heart on saving. A heart-wrenching story of love and loss, Vigil is Cecilia Samartin’s most powerful novel to date. As Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander said, “Samartin writes with shimmering grace about homeland, exile, passion, and loyalty.” Readers will be spellbound by Vigil’s magical language and provocative themes.