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En nuestra familia todo estaba relacionado y cada historia formaba parte de un mismo tapiz. Lo dif#65533;cil era saber por cu#65533;l madeja empezar el bordado y d#65533;nde cortar el hilo". Con la lectura de Lazos de sangre, conoceremos la realidad que se esconde bajo los trajes de seda y chiffon, las visitas a los clubes sociales y las fiestas de presentaci#65533;n en sociedad. Veremos lo que hay m#65533;s all#65533; de las dichas y celebraciones de un sector de la clase alta puertorrique#65533;a del siglo XX. Rosario Ferr#65533; explora con destreza los encuentros y desencuentros entre las creencias y las querencias. Mediante la voz narrativa de Rose Monroig, plasma en seis historias una fuerza mayor que el nacionalismo, la gloria y el orgullo: la de los lazos de sangre. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "In our family everything was connected and each story was part of the same tapestry. The problem lay in recognizing which skein should start the embroidery and the exact point to cut the string." Lazos de sangre opens a window into the world that lies hidden behind silks and chiffons, social clubs and come-out parties; its pages give us access to a sector of Puerto Rico's upper echelons during the twentieth century. Rosario Ferr#65533; skillfully navigates through encounters and missed encounters, between belief and instinct.

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This collection of six short novellas by celebrated Puerto Rican author Ferre revolves around the extended family of Rose Monroig Arizmendi and reveals much about gender, race, and class in Puerto Rican culture, Boricua identity, and the island's singular relationship with the mainland. The first half of the novellas deals with the Arizmendi family: "Irene's Betrayal" acquaints the reader with the clan and the island setting and foreshadows much of what is to come; "Angela's Flight" relates the story of a beauty married to an unfaithful mama's boy; and in "Julia's Glooms," Rose's family becomes embroiled in the island's political struggles. In the second half, treating the Monroigs, Marta, "La patagona," studies in New York and discovers the advantages of being an athlete with large feet, and Cata comes to terms with her lover's marriage after overindulging in "Champagne in the Chicken Coop." The final story, "Tiger by the Tail," which occupies the final 100 pages, is an unexpected tale of intrigue. The casual reader will delight in the loves and losses, and the more analytical reader will be engrossed by the broader themes. Ferre's stature in letters mandates this as an essential purchase for academic and public libraries and bookstores serving Puerto Rican populations or with strong women's literature collections.-Carolyn Kost, Stevenson Sch. Lib., Pebble Beach, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Rosario Josefina Ferré was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on September 28, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Manhattanville College, a master's degree in literature from the University of Puerto Rico, and a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from the University of Maryland. She was a professor of Latin American literature at several universities including the University of California, Rutgers University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Puerto Rico.

She was a novelist, poet, essayist, and children's book author. She was the editor of the literary magazine Loading and Unloading Zone as well as a newspaper columnist and critic. She wrote several books in Spanish and English including The House on the Lagoon, Eccentric Neighborhoods, and Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories. She died on February 18, 2016 at the age of 77.

(Bowker Author Biography)