TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: #PhilippineLiterature Review of Magdalena, novel by #CeciliaBrainard

Sunday, June 25, 2017

#PhilippineLiterature Review of Magdalena, novel by #CeciliaBrainard

Note: Cecilia Brainard's novels, Magdalena and The Newspaper Widow, will be launched on Monday, July 3 at 6 pm, #DLSU, and in Cebu on Saturday July 8 at 5 pm, Activity center St Ayala Cebu.

Review of "Magdalena" novel by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, by Maribel Paras

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's novel, MAGDALENA, is a poignant story of the lives and loves (some forbidden) of three generations of women against a background of Filipino culture. Our generation, which is aware of family lineages which include frailes and of how the feudal system has influenced our society, will easily identify with it. This story leaves a tug in the heart and gives an understanding and appreciation of the vicissitudes of life.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.