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Atria
March 2008
On Sale: March 18, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 1416549501
EAN: 9781416549501
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Fiction | Literature and Fiction Literary
Jamilet is a beautiful young woman marred by a shockingly
gruesome birthmark. It spills over her back and down her
legs, twisting and writhing like a hideous cape of blood,
causing her to be shunned by the villagers of her rural
Mexican town. In search of medical salvation, this angel
with the devil's mark is finally driven to escape north and
cross the border illegally to Los Angeles. After acquiring
false documents, Jamilet finds work at a mental hospital,
where she is assigned to look after Señor Peregrino, an
elderly man from Spain who is as disagreeable as he is
mysterious. Jamilet is given strict orders to keep her
distance, but when he cleverly snags possession of her
papers, he bargains to return them upon the condition that
she listen to his story. Jamilet begrudgingly agrees, and
Señor Peregrino takes her back to the days of his youth,
when he embarked upon a mystical and romantic journey along
the legendary Road to Santiago in Spain. Jamilet and
Señor Peregrino forge a spiritual bond that is more healing
to them both than modern medicine could ever be. In an
inspiring story of redemption, faith and the enduring power
of love, Samartin offers an enlightening perspective on the
true meaning of beauty.
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