The Ghost of Milagro Creek
"Devastating ... [Ghost of Milagro Creek] simmers with metaphysical tension." — Time Out Chicago
The story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomás, she raised to adulthood unfolds in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico — a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and whites. Now deceased, Ignacia, a curandera — a medicine woman, though some say a witch — begins this tale of star-crossed lovers.
Mister and Tomás, best friends until their late teens, both fall for Rocky, a gringa of some mystery, a girl Tomás takes for himself. But in a moment of despair, a pledge between the young men leads to murder. When Ignacia falls silent, police reports, witness statements, and caseworker interviews draw an electrifying portrait of a troubled community and of the vulnerable players in this mounting tragedy. Set in a terrain that becomes a character in its own right, The Ghost of Milagro Creek brilliantly illuminates this hidden corner of American society.
- Author
- Melanie Sumner
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 267
- Publisher
- A Shannon Ravenel Book
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781565129177
- Genres
- fiction, mystery
- Release date
- 2010
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