The Ultraviolet Sky

Literature & Fiction

Alma Luz Villanueva

United States

Bilingual Review Pr

novel, explores hetero & homosexual relationships

Naked Ladies

Bilingual Pr (Bilrp)

"In Luna's California Poppies a young girl tries to come to terms with an unstable family situation and a harsh environment. Taking the form of a diary, the novel is exceptional in the way it vividly captures a street-wise twelve-year-old's voice. Luna is angry, despairing, joyful, aggressive, and admirable. Deserted by her mother, she is taken into the home of a kind stranger who not only takes care of her physical needs for food, shelter, and security but also encourages her to read, write, and study. In this new environment, Luna records her struggles and triumphs as she becomes a young woman. In the second part of the book, an adult Luna takes up the diary when she and her family move to the country and face a new set of challenges. A mother now, Luna muses on her past while she and her children confront an unexpected obstacle in their new home - bigotry."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Luna's California Poppies

Bilingual Press

In LUNA'S CALIFORNIA POPPIES a young girl tries to come to terms with an unstable family situation and a harsh environment. Taking the form of a diary, the novel is exceptional in the way it so vividly captures a street-wise twelve-year-old’s voice. Luna is angry, despairing, joyful, aggressive, and admirable. Deserted by her mother, she is taken into the home of a kind stranger, who not only takes care of her physical needs for food, shelter, and security, but also encourages her to read, write, and study. In this new environment, Luna records her struggles and triumphs as she becomes a young woman. In the second half of the book, an adult Luna takes up the diary when she and her family move to the country and face a new set of challenges. A mother now, Luna muses on her past while she and her children face an unexpected obstacle in their new home--bigotry.

The poems in Soft Chaos embrace a wide variety of experiences - womanhood, motherhood, affection for the earth and animals, the author's love of the Native American way of life, and concern for the future of the planet. Alma Luz Villanueva's poetry fuses the personal and the political, expressing the sensual world in abstract terms and revealing a belief in the power of words to connect us to the world, to each other, and to ourselves.

Soft Chaos

Poetry

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Books by Alma Luz Villanueva

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The Ultraviolet Sky

The Ultraviolet Sky

Naked Ladies

Naked Ladies

Luna's California Poppies

Luna's California Poppies

Soft Chaos