Where Mangoes Fall

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Set in South America Where Mangoes Fall delves into myths legends and a culture of superstitions.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> Ama believes in Paraguayan myths and legends. Still when the local card reader tells her that three people will die if she searches for her friend's missing baby Ama has to make difficult decisions about truth and loyalty which is even harder when she discovers secrets about her life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>In the beginning...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Ama is a poor girl growing up in Paraguay. As she tries to obey the rules and accomplish her goals she is constantly haunted by visions of her past and the gang that terrorizes her. This not only scares her daily but has left her with a confused understanding of truth versus legend: she believes she was saved by a mythical creature on the night the gang dragged her to their lair. As Ama struggles with accomplishing her wants and needs she again faces the reality of her culture when her friend's baby is snatched. Once again Ama must decide what is real and fight against those who hide behind legends to avoid reality. She seeks the advice of an old blind man a card reader and her friend who weaves the precious Paraguayan lace. As Ama fights horrifying truths she discovers that loyalty is difficult when others have betrayed her but life is like spiderweb lace: twisted together and beautiful.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>In the end...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>L K Dominguez has written a novel that truly brings out the beauty friendships and superstitions in a culture rarely seen. This is a coming-of-age story written to be insightful but conscious of the most innocent readers. It incorporates and reflects on the 1922 poem by </span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(39 25 0 1)>Edna St. Vincent Millay: The Ballad of the Harp Weaver a poem about a mother's ultimate sacrifice. It also questions culture and life as well as the question: Do we belong where we began?</span></p>