Luna

The Misadventures and Misgivings of a Temperamental Curandera

by Dee Dee Peachey


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 02/06/2009

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 344
ISBN : 9781438972497

About the Book

"Luna" is a fun, quirky, adventurous tale about a young Curandera, served up Tex-Mex style and spiced with Magic Realism. Set in a timeless village in Texas, Luna's birth was predicted to bring great happiness and great sadness. Born of generations of Curanderas, Luna was especially Blessed with healing gifts selected by Our Heavenly Father, God Almighty, Himself. She starts out a bit precocious and overindulged, while developing wonderous and magical powers to help her friends and neighbors. But when she decides to help herself in a foolish and selfish blasphemous act, the results are not what she expects. Luna finds out that all prayers are heard, and sooner or later, they are answered. In the end, Luna discovers the meaning of true love, and that a Curandera has no place in the modern world. But not before run-ins with her family, friends, neighbors, untamed horses, a chupacabra, vengeful fires, ghosts, an unlikely angel, famous handmade chocolates, a horde of winged demons, and a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe with a blurred photo stuffed inside.


About the Author

Dee Dee Peachey resides in San Antonio, Texas with her family, but they run off to Galveston every chance they get. She likes to drink and smoke and cuss and argue with everybody. She holds no recollection of any wrongdoing done unto others, but will gladly hold a grudge against anyone she feels has done her the slightest wrong. She dedicates this book to her father, Antonio, and to the loving memories of her grandmother, Maria; her mother, Maria Georgina; her sister, Anna Belinda; and to all her late and living aunts named Mary, Maria, and Marie. GO, SPURS, GO!