F&Q Author Showcase
Irene DesGeorges
LATINO LITERARY HALL OF FAME, 2003
First Place: BEST SPANISH FICTION
Premio Mariposa - Second Place: Best First Book by an Author
Born in Sonora, México, Irene DesGeorges
studied at the University of California at San Diego and received a
bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature and minor in English literature.
She is involved in a variety of careers in bilingual communications,
including teacher, editor, court interpreter, translator and writer. She
currently lives in San Diego with her husband, Frank Patrick.
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I have
been able to reap the benefits of other Latino writers whose works have
burst wide open in the last decades. I have been fortunate to live,
write, and publish at a time I refer to as the height of the
groundbreaking Raza de Bronze Literary Renaissance. The book has the
magnetic appeal of best selling works by Hispanic authors such as Luis
Alberto Urrea: The Hummingbird’s Daughter, Paolo Cohelo: The Alchemist,
Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits, Victor Villaseñor: Rain of
Gold, Julia Alvarez: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, and Sandra
Cisneros: Caramelo.
As a print-on-demand author, publishing and promoting,
two absolutely indispensable and demanding tasks, have fallen entirely
on my shoulders. Since Inocencia came out, it has been an exciting
journey and an exceptionally active time for me. On my own efforts I
have been able to secure television, radio and newspaper coverage. My
ongoing publicity includes lectures at local bookstores, schools, Book
Fairs, Colleges and Universities in California, as well as Northern
México.
Irene shares with us the first chapter of this touching story. Please
click for the next page and enjoy.
Originally written and published in Spanish, Irene's award winning novel
"Inocencia: A Woman Who Challenged Fate" is
now available in English. In the book, DesGeorges describes the life
story of forbidden love and the complex drama that unfolds between
families from completely different socio-political extremes in México.
Inocencia is the daughter of poor but proud servants working in a
powerful household in southwest México. As a child, Inocencia develops
an inseparable friendship with Diego and Rosa Inés, half siblings who
share the same wealthy father, Rodrigo. As they grow up, Inocencia and
Deigo’s friendship blossoms into love, which they attempt to keep
secret.
Visit:
(www.irenedesgeorges.com)
Inocencia is a thick, luscious, juicy slice of
life story. It will speak to anyone who has been forced to leave his or
her country in search of a better life. It will resonate with anyone who
has experienced a broken heart due to oppression, isolation,
discrimination, injustice, poverty or desperation. It is a MUST read for
the young, hungry adolescent looking to make his or her dreams come
true. It will heal the wounds of those who have defied insurmountable
challenges, while delivering a powerful message of hope, faith, and an
invincible courage to conquer and survive.
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