{"product_id":"witches-by-brenda-lozano-1","title":"Witches by Brenda Lozano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA remarkable novel by one of the most exciting new voices in Latin America today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the story of who Feliciana is, and of who Paloma was. I had wanted to get to know them, but I realised right away that the people I needed to know better were my sister Leandra and my mother. Myself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI came to understand that you can't really know another woman until you know yourself... Weaving together two parallel narratives, \u003cem\u003eWitches\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Feliciana, an indigenous curandera or healer, and Zoe, a journalist: two women who meet through the murder of Feliciana's cousin Paloma. In the tiny village of San Felipe in Jalisco province, where traditional ways and traditional beliefs are a present reality, Feliciana tells the story of her life, her community's acceptance of her as a genuine curandera and the difficult choices faced by her joyful and spirited cousin Paloma who is both a healer and a Muxe - a trans woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing up in Mexico City, Zoe attempts to find her way in a society straitjacketed by its hostile macho culture. But it is Feliciana's and Paloma's stories that draw her own story out of her, taking her on a journey to understanding her place in the world and the power of her voice. This captivating novel of two Mexico's envisions the writer as a healer and offers a generous and distinctly female way of understanding the complex world we all inhabit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ 288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43823583592663,"sku":"","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781529412239.jpg?v=1684523638","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/witches-by-brenda-lozano-1","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}