{"product_id":"angel-de-la-luna-and-the-5th-glorious-mystery-9781566893336","title":"Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAngel de la Luna\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully told, and at times, heartbreaking coming of age and coming to America story. Evelina Galang is a masterful storyteller and through her brilliant voice and craft, Angel and her family become ours too.\"--Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world--in her family, her community, and her country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina \"Comfort Women\" of WWII, and a cold winter's season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Evelina Galang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHer Wild American Self\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eOne Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e. She has edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eScreaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently writing \u003ci\u003eLolas' House: Women Living with War\u003c\/i\u003e, stories of surviving Filipina WWII \"Comfort Women,\" and is at work on a new novel. Galang teaches in and directs the creative writing program at the University of Miami, is core faculty for VONA\/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation, and has been named one of the one hundred most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women's Network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM. Evelina Galang is the author of \u003ci\u003eHer Wild American Self\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press, '96); the novel \u003ci\u003eOne Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e (New Issues Press, '06). She has edited the anthology, \u003ci\u003eScreaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press, '03). She is currently writing \u003ci\u003eLolas' House: Women Living with War\u003c\/i\u003e, stories of surviving Filipina WWII \"Comfort Women\" and is at work on a new novel, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Sorrow, Beautiful Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. Galang teaches in and directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami, is core faculty for VONA\/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation and has been named one of the 100 most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women's Network.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356744618258,"sku":"9781566893336","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_700b4c5c-41b0-46a5-8f85-8a7306e52555.jpg?v=1728312927","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angel-de-la-luna-and-the-5th-glorious-mystery-9781566893336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}