Tales from the Town of Widows

by James Canon

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From a new literary star comes a beautifully crafted story about a group of women in a Colombian village who find their lives changed while their husbands and sons are away fighting a deadly civil war. The women of Mariquita -- made widows when their men are swept away by the army or rebel forces -- learn hard lessons about love and survival. Forced to grow in extraordinary ways, they challenge the tenets of male-dominated society, discover power with all its pitfalls and strive to create an entirely new social order, an all-female utopia. Their narrative is punctuated by...Read more
  • ISBN10 0061865567
  • ISBN13 9780061865565
  • Publish Date 13 October 2009 (first published 2 January 2007)
  • Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint Collins
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 352
  • Language English