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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780812975710 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0812975715 Label: Random House Trade Paperbacks Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 09, 2008 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Release Date: September 09, 2008 Studio: Random House Trade Paperbacks Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacher’s aide in a small New Mexican border town, Tía Regina is also raising her teenage nephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has entered the country illegally and aspires to the priesthood. When Gabo’s father, Rafa, disappears while crossing over from Mexico, Regina fears the worst. After several days of waiting and with an ominous phone call from a woman who may be connected to a smuggling ring, Regina and Gabo resolve to find Rafa. Help arrives in the form of Miguel, an amorous, recently divorced history teacher; Miguel’s gregarious abuelo Milton; a couple of Gabo’s gangbanger classmates; and a priest of wayward faith. Though their journey is rife with challenges and danger, it will serve as a remarkable testament to family bonds, cultural pride, and the human experience Praise for The Guardians NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE “An always skilled storyteller, [Castillo] grounds her writing in . . . humor, love, suspense and heartache–that draw the reader in.” –Chicago Sunday Sun-Times “A rollicking read, with jokes and suspense and joy rides and hearts breaking . . . This smart, passionate novel deserves a wide audience.” –Los Angeles Times “What drives the novel is its chorus of characters, all, in their own way, witnesses and guardian angels. In the end, Castillo’s unmistakable voice–earthy, impassioned, weaving a ‘hybrid vocabulary for a hybrid people’–is the book’s greatest revelation.” –Time Out New York “A wonderful novel . . . Castillo’s most important accomplishment in The Guardians is to give a unique literary voice to questions about what makes up a ‘family.’ ” –El Paso Times “A moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative.” –Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Realistic in every wayThe Guardians is a true snapshot of what life on the Border can be. The Abuelo Milton is an great charachter. The use of the 4 voices is very interesting. It is a novel that made me smile at how realistic it is. I enjoyed this new book by Ana Castillo it is very different from her other books. I look forward to her next book. Rating: - No Man's LandAna Castillo's new novel The Guardians is set against a landscape rich in history and culture yet torn apart by some of today's biggest social dilemmas. The US-Mexican border towns of Cabuche and Juarez and the unforgiving desert that separates them are the backdrop for the story of Regina and her teenage nephew Gabriel and the search for Rafa - Regina's brother, Gabo's father - who has disappeared while illegally crossing the border. The search for Rafa leads to new friendships and crises and explores ... Read More Rating:  - i expected to like this novel - the cover blurbs are great and the themes are urgent, but . . . i expected to like this novel. The cover blurbs are great and the themes are urgent. Unfortunately, the novel itself veers between long stretches of dreadful plotlessness, highly improbable events that (finally) drive the plot forward, and seemingly endless pages filled with characters' musings to themselves. It's not as if Ana Castillo's topics aren't engaging. She's telling a story about a family living on and fractured by the Mexican-American border. The characters include a man who vanished ... Read More Rating: - Great Read, Quick EndingThe Guardians was a great read that I couldn't put down. I liked how the book was so relevant to the real-time situation of America's southern border, but also so well-told, with the voices of interesting likable characters keeping the story moving. I was drawn in and connected with the book the whole time. I would recommend this books as one of the best I've read all year. However, I was disappointed by the book's ending; it seemed rushed. I felt a little stupid when everything was finished, ... Read More Rating: - A good if imperfect readThe Guardians is a moving, suspenseful and engaging novel about family, justice and injustice. It's the story of Regina, a widow and de facto parent of Gabo, a spiritual but troubled teen aged boy whose father, Regina's brother, has disappeared crossing the border from Mexico to America. Regina determines to help Gabo learn what happened to his father and into the mix falls Miguel, a divorced activist attracted to Regina and his tart-tongued grandfather Milton. The characters come from varied circumstances and ... Read More 
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