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Set in Antigua, Guatemala, Visible Signs tells the story of Mikela, a fierce ten year old indigenous girl determined to save her pregnant severely traumatized twelve year old sister, Natividad, and the child she carries. To save her sister, Mikela draws together an odd, engaging assortment of American women living in Antigua. What will happen to Mikela, Natividad and the baby becomes the central question of the novel.
The children's situation resonates deeply with the central conflicts of each of the women drawn into this circle of care: Lourdes, an artist, who has taken a traveling fellowship to distance herself from the unexpected intrusion into her new marriage of an angry step-daughter mourning the death of her own mother; Ginny, a priest, who needs to find a new God to worship, one that can celebrate her sexuality rather than deny it; Rosemary, who must face the reality of death with the illness of her friend Ginger; and Wilma, Rosemary's Guatemalan housekeeper, who has lost her own son in the recent civil war and is a reluctant host to the many restless spirits of that conflict.
The story unfolds in a God-raddled, spirit-ridden country and culture with a very blood recent history, where religious traditions old and new, passionate spirits living and dead, and profound personal and cultural wounds combine and recombine to create a solution to their dilemma that is compelling, difficult, and mysteriously hopeful. ISBN 978-0-9796552-0-3 548 pp. LOOK INSIDE
The children's situation resonates deeply with the central conflicts of each of the women drawn into this circle of care: Lourdes, an artist, who has taken a traveling fellowship to distance herself from the unexpected intrusion into her new marriage of an angry step-daughter mourning the death of her own mother; Ginny, a priest, who needs to find a new God to worship, one that can celebrate her sexuality rather than deny it; Rosemary, who must face the reality of death with the illness of her friend Ginger; and Wilma, Rosemary's Guatemalan housekeeper, who has lost her own son in the recent civil war and is a reluctant host to the many restless spirits of that conflict.
The story unfolds in a God-raddled, spirit-ridden country and culture with a very blood recent history, where religious traditions old and new, passionate spirits living and dead, and profound personal and cultural wounds combine and recombine to create a solution to their dilemma that is compelling, difficult, and mysteriously hopeful. ISBN 978-0-9796552-0-3 548 pp. LOOK INSIDE
Heather Tosteson is the author of nine books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. She has worked in health communications with a focus on communication across disciplines, racism, social trust, and how belief systems develop and change. She has an MFA (UNC-Greensboro) and PhD in English and Creative Writing (Ohio University).
Other Wising Up Press fiction by Heather Tosteson:
Hearts As Big As FistsGerms of TruthThe Philosophical Transactions of Maria van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni's Dochter
Other Wising Up Press fiction by Heather Tosteson:
Hearts As Big As FistsGerms of TruthThe Philosophical Transactions of Maria van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni's Dochter
