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Tear this heart out / Angeles Mastretta

By:

Mastretta, Angeles, (1949-)

Contributor(s):

Peden, Margaret Sayers

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books , c1997Description: 293 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781573226028

Subject(s):

Women -- -Mexico -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

LAS FIC MAS

Summary: Tear This Heart Out is a tale of love set in the tumultuous years fllowing the Mexican revolution, as seen through the eys of the irresistible Catalina Guzmán, a guileless adolescent who is taken from her poor parents to marry a retired general almost twenty years her senior. Catalina has heard rumors that Andrés Ascencio is a philanderer and a madman, but she falls blindly in love with him, listeneing to his inructions like they came from God. It is not until they are married that Catalina discovers the extent of his ruthlessness and infidelities. As he struggles for political control, she begins a fight for independence, a journey toward liberation that will transform her from child to woman.

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Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		042134

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Tear This Heart Out is a tale of love set in the tumultuous years fllowing the Mexican revolution, as seen through the eys of the irresistible Catalina Guzmán, a guileless adolescent who is taken from her poor parents to marry a retired general almost twenty years her senior. Catalina has heard rumors that Andrés Ascencio is a philanderer and a madman, but she falls blindly in love with him, listeneing to his inructions like they came from God. It is not until they are married that Catalina discovers the extent of his ruthlessness and infidelities. As he struggles for political control, she begins a fight for independence, a journey toward liberation that will transform her from child to woman.

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