Still Water Saints
  • Published:
    Feb-2007 (Hardcover)
    Feb-2008 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    272
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“As perfect as the beads of a rosary.”
"Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

“Fresh, magical, beautiful, evocative” says Lisa See, about this wonderful first novel by Alex Espinoza. Still Water Saints chronicles a momentous year in the life of Agua Mansa, a largely Latino town beyond the fringes of Los Angeles and home to the Botánica Oshún, where people come seeking charms, herbs, and candles. Above all, they seek the guidance of Perla Portillo, the shop's owner. Perla has served the community for years, arming her clients with the tools to overcome all manner of crises, large and small. There is Juan, a man coming to terms with the death of his father; Nancy, a recently married schoolteacher; Shawn, an addict looking for peace in his chaotic life; and Rosa, a teenager trying to lose weight and find herself. But when a customer with a troubled and mysterious past arrives, Perla struggles to help and must confront both her unfulfilled hopes and doubts about her place in a rapidly changing world.

Imaginative, inspiring, lyrical, and beautifully written, Still Water Saints evokes the unpredictability of life and the resilience of the spirit through the journeys of the people of Agua Mansa, and especially of the one woman at the center of it all. Theirs are stories of faith and betrayal, love and loss, the bonds of family and community, and the constancy of change.
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    •  
    • Feb-2008
    • Random House
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0812976274
    • ISBN13: 9780812976274
    • First Edition
    • Feb-2007
    • Random House
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1400065399
    • ISBN13: 9781400065394
    •  
    • Jul-2007
    • Picador (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0330446029
    • ISBN13: 9780330446020
    •  
    • Feb-2007
    • Picador
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0330539752
    • ISBN13: 9780330539753
    •  
    • Feb-2007
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1588365751
    • ISBN13: 9781588365750
    •  
    • Feb-2007
    • Picador
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1743283962
    • ISBN13: 9781743283967
    •  
    • Feb-2007
    • Random House
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Jan-2009
    • Blackstone Audiobooks
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1433234971
    • ISBN13: 9781433234972
    •  
    • Jan-2009
    • Blackstone Audiobooks
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1433235013
    • ISBN13: 9781433235016
    •  
    • Jan-2009
    • Blackstone Audiobooks
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 143323498X
    • ISBN13: 9781433234989
    •  
    • 2009
    • Blackstone Audio, Inc.
    • Audible
    •  
    • Feb-2013
    • Blackstone Audiobooks
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1433235005
    • ISBN13: 9781433235009



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