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008			110818s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2009013474
020			_a9780312539269
050	0	0	_aPS3612.L36 _bD38 2009
082	0	0	_aLAS FIC LLA
100	1		_aLlanos-Figueroa, Dahlma
245	1	0	_aDaughters of the stone _c/ Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Thomas Dunne Books _c, 2009.
300			_a323 p. _c; 22 cm.
520			_aIt is the mid-1800s. Fela, taken from Africa, is working at her second sugar plantation in colonial Puerto Rico, where her mistress is only too happy to benefit from her impressive embroidery skills. But Fela has a secret. Before she and her husband were separated and sold into slavery, they performed a tribal ceremony in which they poured the essence of their unborn child into a very special stone. Fela keeps the stone with her, waiting for the chance to finish what she started. When the plantation owner approaches her, Fela sees a better opportunity for her child, and allows the man to act out his desire. Such is the beginning of a line of daughters connected by their intense love for one another, and the stories of a lost land. Mati, a powerful healer and noted craftswoman, is grounded in a life that is disappearing in a quickly changing world. Concha, unsure of her place, doesn' t realize the price she will pay for rejecting her past. Elena, modern and educated, tries to navigate between two cultures, moving to the United States, where she will struggle to keep her family together. Carisa turns to the past for wisdom and strength when her life in New York falls apart. The stone becomes meaningful to each of the women, pulling them through times of crisis and ultimately connecting them to one another.
650			_aPlantation life _v--Fiction
650			_aWomen _x-Family relationships _v--Fiction
651		0	_aPuerto Rico _x--History _v--Fiction
651		4	_aTme travel _x-Fiction
942			_cLAS
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