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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Book Review of Cecilia Brainard's The Newspaper Widow in Positively Filipino



     Positively Filipino Book Review 
     The Newspaper Widow
     Novel by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
     Reviewer: Lisa Suguitan Melnick

   
The Newspaper Widow, by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, treats readers to meaningful insights into historical events and life in the Philippines in the early 1900s. A work of fiction, it is more than a masterfully crafted and multi-layered mystery.  


The story begins with the discovery of the dead body of Father Zafra, a Spanish Augustinian priest. During his ten years in Ubec, townspeople have appreciated him for his community programs, but there are also those who have disapproved of his involvement with legal disputes over friar lands. Thus, begins the search for the killer. Ines’ only child, Andres, is a strong suspect and is soon imprisoned.

Throughout, The Newspaper Widow provides a glimpse into an unlikely yet blossoming friendship between Ines Maceda, a recent widow tasked with taking over her late husband’s newspaper, The Ubec Daily, and Melisande Moreau, the contrastingly frilly Parisian dress shop owner residing in provincial Ubec. “She (Melisande) appeared like a mushroom that sprouts after a thunderstorm.” (p. 18)
Brainard masterfully scaffolds the story with the existent colonialism imposed upon the Philippines, and the strong influence of Catholicism. Homage is also given to the pre-colonial presence of the Babaylan: “Kidlat is a babaylan, a priestess. People say she can cause deaths and create potions to steal a man or woman’s hearts. This is all nonsense. I see her for my headaches, and she uses herbs, oils, sometimes rocks to massage me, to make me feel better…During the time of the Spanish, the babaylanes were the healers and leaders. The Spaniards went after them, accusing them of being witches, and the women had to hide. There aren’t too many babaylanesleft, but they’re still around.” (p.150)
The Newspaper Widow is a strongly character-driven period piece. As such, it offers a variety of eyes from which to experience the complexities of Philippine society as it transitioned from Spanish to American colonization.
One reason I personally enjoyed the book is that much of it takes place in Carcar, Cebu, the place of my maternal ancestral roots, a place but for a brief visit there and first meeting with relatives, I have become acquainted with only through novels like this one.
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Review by: A third-generation Filipina-American, Lisa Suguitan Melnick is a professor in the Language Arts and Kinesiology divisions at the College of San Mateo, California.  She is a correspondent for PositivelyFilipino.com. and the author of #30 Collantes Street (Carayan Press, 2015)
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Cecilia Brainard Fiction

  • The Last Moon-Game of Summer by C. Brainard
  • Vigan by C. Brainard
  • 1943: Tiya Octavia by C. Brainard
  • The Black Man in the Forest by C. Brainard
  • The Blue-Green Chiffon Dress by C. Brainard
  • The Che Guevara Night by C. Brainard
  • Christmas Eve, 1908 by C. Brainard
  • The Dirty Kitchen by C. Brainard
  • Flip Gothic by C. Brainard
  • Friday Evening at the Seashore by C. Brainard
  • Manila Without Verna by C. Brainard
  • The Old Mansion Near the Plaza, novel excerpt by C. Brainard
  • Romeo by C. Brainard
  • Rumblings of War novel excerpt by C. Brainard
  • The SS Pacifica, novel excerpt by C. Brainard
  • The Syrian Doctor in Paris by C. Brainard
  • The Turkish Seamstress in Ubec by C. Brainard
  • A Very Short Story by C. Brainard
  • Waiting for Papa's Return by C. Brainard
  • Winning Hearts and Mind, novel excerpt by C. Brainard

SOME POPULAR PAGES OF TRAVELS (AND MORE)

  • Guest Blogger: Raquel Balagtas Writes "Thank You" to God
  • Guest Blogger: Tessa Tan Writes About Our Lady of Penafrancia
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  • Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 4: Writer's Block
  • Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 3: Show Don't Tell
  • Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 2: Make a Date with Your Muse
  • Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 1: Sensuous Writing
  • Cebu as Inspiration to My Writings by Cecilia Brainard
  • The Piano Lessons by C. Brainard
  • Women and My Writing by Cecilia Brainard
  • Sphagnum Almost Killed My Orchids
  • Typhoon Haiyan: Jews in the Philippines - 1940 & 2013
  • Syrian Revolutionary Poem & Destruction of Khalid bin Walid Mosque
  • Creative Writing: The Importance of Sensual Writing
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  • Creative Writing: Journal Writing and my Pink Lock and Key Diary
  • Creative Writing: Your Writing Work Space (In My Case, Where My Cats Hang Out)
  • Shakespeare's Macbeth and North Korea's Kim Jong Un
  • Cebu, Philippines: The Old Families of Colon Street
  • Guest Blogger: Ralph Semino Galan, poem "Lamentation"
  • Guest Blogger: A Poem by Mila D. Aguilar
  • Guest Blogger: Poems by Manuel Joseph Ponce
  • Magnificence -- Story by Estrella D. Alfon, Writer from Cebu, Philippines
  • Guest Blogger: Ralph Semino Galan, Ode to My Mom
  • Guest Blogger: Celine Conejos Reviews Restaurants in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Guest Blogger: Manny Gonzalez "The Most Beautiful Women in Rome"
  • Guest Blogger: Celine Conejos Reviews Makati Restaurants
  • Guest Blogger: Manny Gonzalez Reviews Paris Restaurants
  • Guest Blogger: Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough's "Salvaged Love"
  • Guest Blogger: Marianne Villanueva's Short Fiction
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  • The Link to the Amazon - Manaus, Brazil
  • Salvador, Brazil - the Center of Bahian Culture
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  • Mariana and Ouro Preto - Colonial Towns in Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Falling in Love With Rio de Janeiro
  • Book Review of Angelica's Daughters by Micaela Keck, Germany
  • Oscar Campomanes' Article -- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard: Scenographer
  • The Schools I Attended, Part 1, St. Theresa's College
  • The Schools I Attended - Part 2, UP & Maryknoll
  • The Schools I Attended - Part 3, UCLA
  • Death of a Carnival Queen: 1912-2001
  • How I Learned to Make Leche Flan (or How I Met My Husband)
  • Life in Parian Now
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  • Kenya Safari: Up Close and Personal with the Bongo
  • Brainard Kenya Safari-video
  • The Holy Land
  • Grand Tour of Egypt, Part 1
  • Grand Tour of Egypt, Part 2
  • Grand Tour of Egypt, Part 3
  • Visit to Turkey, Part 1
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  • Visit to Turkey #4
  • Visit to Turkey #5
  • Visit to Turkey #6
  • Visiting the American Southwest
  • Visiting Colonial Mexico
  • The Many Faces of Mexico
  • My Love Affair With France
  • Burma: Moving Forward
  • Malaysia: Where Enrique of Malacca Came From
  • Pre-Colonial Gold in Cebu, Philippines

EXTERNAL LINKS and Other Sources

  • The Cebuana in the World: Cecilia Manguerra (Documentary by Cebuano Studies Center) Brainard Writing Out of Cebu
  • Cecilia Brainard Reads from When the Rainbow Goddess Wept - Philippine novel
  • Cecilia Brainard Reads from Magdalena - Philippine novel
  • Cecilia Brainard Reads from The Newspaper Widow - Philippine novel
  • YouTube - Chappy Piramide Interview of Cecilia Brainard #CebuLitFest
  • YouTube - Bobit Avila Interviews Novelist Cecilia Brainard Part 3 (2017)
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  • YouTube - Bobit Avila Interviews Novelist Cecilia Brainard Part 1 (2017)
  • YouTube - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Reads at UCLA Extension's Publication Party 2015
  • YouTube - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Reads at UCLA Extension's Publication Party 2014
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  • YouTube - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Reads at UCLA Extension's Publication Party 2010
  • Interview with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Allison's Book Bag
  • Cebuana Trailblazers, page 2
  • Cecilia Brainard on Facebook
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  • Eleanor Ty's writeup on Cecilia Manguerra Brainard in Asian American Novelists, p. 29
  • Interview of Cecilia Brainard by Daniel M. Jaffe
  • Interview of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard by Dana Hubler (Poets & Writers, 1997)
  • PALH or Philippine American Literary House Blog
  • PALH (Philippine American Literary House)
  • Possibilities of Humaneness in an Age of Slaughter, by Leonard Casper (re Song of Yvonne/When the Rainbow Goddess Wept)
  • Review of Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal and When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Allen Gaborro
  • The History of Filipino Women's Writings by Riita Vartti
  • University of Michigan's site for When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
  • University of Minnesota's Voices from the Gaps - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
  • What Are You Writing On - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
  • Who's Who of Asian Americans - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard bio
  • Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing by Jane Eldridge Miller - Cecilia Brainard, page 45
  • Wikipedia Writeup about Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
  • YouTube - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Interview by Jeepney Books
  • YouTube - Miguel Syjuco & Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, ALOUD, LA Central Library
  • YouTube-Cecilia Manguerra Brainard- Books, Pictures with Literary Writers

A LA CARTE FOOD & FICTION

A LA CARTE FOOD & FICTION
Co-edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard & Marily Ysip Orosa

ACAPULCO AT SUNSET AND OTHER STORIES

ACAPULCO AT SUNSET AND OTHER STORIES
Short Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

ANGELICA'S DAUGHTERS, A DUGTUNGAN NOVEL

ANGELICA'S DAUGHTERS, A DUGTUNGAN NOVEL
Novel Co-authored By Brainard, Cuizon, Evangelista, Montes, Sarreal

BEHIND THE WALLS

BEHIND THE WALLS
Co-edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard & Marily Ysip Orosa

CECILIA'S DIARY 1964-1968

CECILIA'S DIARY 1964-1968
Cecilia Brainard's early diary

CONTEMPORARY FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA

CONTEMPORARY FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA

FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

FINDING GOD: TRUE STORIES OF SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS

FINDING GOD: TRUE STORIES OF SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS
True-to-life experiences of encountering God

FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING

FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING
How to Write by Cecilia Brainard

JOURNEY OF 100 YEARS

JOURNEY OF 100 YEARS
Co-edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard & Edmundo Litton

GROWING UP FILIPINO STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS

GROWING UP FILIPINO STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard ~http://www.palhbooks.com/cbrainardgrow.html

Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults (ed)

Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults (ed)
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard http://www.palhbooks.com/cbrainardgufII.html

MADGALENA

MADGALENA
Novel by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

MAGDALENA (Philippine Edition)

MAGDALENA (Philippine Edition)
Novel published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House 2017

Magical Years: Memories & Sketches

Magical Years: Memories & Sketches
Special Limited pen&ink sketches by Cecilia M. Brainard

MAGNIFICAT: MAMA MARY'S PILGRIM SITES

MAGNIFICAT: MAMA MARY'S PILGRIM SITES
Essays collected by Cecilia Brainard about Marian Pilgrim Sites

THE NEWSPAPER WIDOW

THE NEWSPAPER WIDOW
Novel published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2017

OUT OF CEBU: ESSAYS AND PERSONAL PROSE

OUT OF CEBU: ESSAYS AND PERSONAL PROSE
Collection of 28 nonfiction essays by Cecilia M. Brainard

PHILIPPINE WOMAN IN AMERICA

PHILIPPINE WOMAN IN AMERICA
Collection of Essays by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

VIGAN AND OTHER STORIES

VIGAN AND OTHER STORIES
Collection of Short Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

WHEN THE RAINBOW GODDESS WEPT

WHEN THE RAINBOW GODDESS WEPT
Novel by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

WOMAN WITH HORNS AND OTHER STORIES

WOMAN WITH HORNS AND OTHER STORIES
Short Story Collection by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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