The Ladies of Managua

Author(s): Eleni Gage

Location(s): Managua, New Orleans, Nicaragua

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern looking back

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When Maria returns to Nicaragua for her beloved grandfather’s funeral, she brings with her a mysterious package from her grandmother’s past. And she also carries the burden of her tense relationship with her mother inaction, once a storied revolutionary, now a dedicated official of the Sandinista Government. Between Maria and Ninepin lies a chasm created by the death of Maria’s father, which left Maria to be raised by her grandmother, Isabela, while Ninepin worked to build the new Nicaragua. As Ninepin tries to reach her daughter, and maria wrestles with her turbulent relationship with an older man, Isabela becomes lost in the memories of boarding school in 1950s New Orleans, where she loved and lost almost sixty years ago. When the three women come together to bid farewell to the man who anchored their family, they are forced to confront their complicated relationships – with one another and with their country – and to reveal the secrets that each of them has tried so hard to conceal.

Lushly evocative of Nicaragua, its tumultuous history and its vibrant present, The Ladies of Managua bring you into the lives of three magnetic women as they face up to their past choices and discover how love can shape their futures.

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