TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Literature: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Novels Available in Amazon

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Literature: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Novels Available in Amazon

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's three novels are available from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/9715068014/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1500930604&sr=8-2&keywords=Cecilia+Brainard+Magdalena

In this novel, Brainard blends a series of multiple perspectives to create a polyphony of voices that enacts Philippine society before and during the Second World War. The narrative is a nuanced vision of the workings of culture, social class, obligation and the Filipino personality.
Rocio G. Davis, author of Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short Story Cycles

https://www.amazon.com/Newspaper-Widow-Cecilia-Manguerra-Brainard/dp/9715068111/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501703972&sr=1-1&keywords=Cecilia+The+Newspaper+Widow

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's poetic new novel, The Newspaper Widow, is set in the Philippines in 1909 during the early years of the United State's colonial empire in Asia. Brainard combines compelling characters with an intriguing mystery and page-turning literary suspense. What begins as a murder mystery transforms into something greater along the way as love, loyalty, and friendship are tested and refined.

https://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Goddess-Cecilia-Manguerra-Brainard-ebook/dp/B007NE0NZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501703669&sr=8-1&keywords=Cecilia+Brainard+When+the+Rainbow+Goddess+Wept

This highly-acclaimed novel, set in mythical Ubec, Philippines during World War II, is a lyrical portrayal of a girl's blossoming into young womanhood. Publishers Weekly notes that "the strengthening of the national spirit; the loss of innocence in two generations -- these themes are explored by the author... with persuasive conviction and stark realism.

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These writings by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard are available in Amazon's Kindle

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.