A Mansion on the Moon: A Guam Love Story

The lives of Amanda de Leon her daughter Sylvia and granddaughter Vivian unfold during the turbulent years in Guam between the Spanish-American War and World War II. Amanda falls for an American sailor who leaves her with child. Sylvia the illegitimate half-breed grows up in shame but finds love with Constantino Camacho. Their daughter Vivian vows not to make her grandmothers mistake. Then Philip Averyenters her life. He isanavy lieutenant handsomeand wealthy like a storybook mansion but as distant from Vivians racial and cultural reality as the moon. Despite their differences Philip falls for Vivian but tragedy and the war intervene.