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2000s and before: Three strong women, as they uncover their pasts and begin to understand the ways in which love can shape their futures.
The Ladies of Managua
What you need to know before your trail
When Maria Vazquez returns to Nicaragua for her beloved grandfather’s funeral, she brings with her a mysterious package from her grandmother’s past-and a secret of her own. And she also carries the burden of her tense relationship with her mother Ninexin. Between Maria and Ninexin lies a chasm created by the death of Maria’s father, who was killed during the revolution.
As Ninexin tries to reach her daughter, and Maria wrestles with her expectations for her romance with an older man, Isabela, the mourning widow, is lost in memories of attending boarding school in 1950’s New Orleans, where she loved and lost almost sixty years ago. When the three women come together to bid farewell to the man who anchored their family, they are forced to confront their complicated, passionate relationships with each other and with their country-and to reveal the secrets that each of them have worked to conceal.
Travel Guide
Nicaragua
Maria Vasquez returns to Nicaragua – a new up and coming country and one in serious development.
Ninexin has been a famous revolutionary, who has played a major part in helping to bring about the new Nicaragua. Maria’s father died in suspicious circumstances which have never really been explained to Maria. The only clue she is given to him and men in general is:
“Revolutionaries make bad husbands.”
New Orleans
This is where the story of Isabella and her growing up in 1950s New Orleans.
In the author note, there is an insight into the fact that this character is inspired byt the author’s husband’s grandmother.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Ladies of Managua
Author/Guide: Eleni N Gage Destination: Managua, New Orleans, Nicaragua Departure Time: 2000s and before
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