Sanctuaries of the Heart / Santuarios del Corazón: A Novella in English and Spanish

by Margarita Cota-Cárdenas

The night that my father burned his house down, well, I was just beginning to gather newspaper clippings and notes for my novel. . . .

Petra Leyva has begun to write a novel about the Sanctuary Movement when she hears that her widowed, womanizing father has set fire to his house in a drunken rage. Overwhelmed by family memories, Petra begins a journey of introspection that leads her to explore what "sanctuary" really means to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816524653
• ISBN13: 9780816524655
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.2"