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The Salvation of La Purisima.


The Salvation of La Purisima

T. M. Spooner Spooner is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may represent people as well as certain places : People
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, Suite 120-331, Mountain View, CA 94041-2055

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The debut novel of T.M. Spooner, The Salvation of La Purisima is a contemporary tragedy about a rural Mexican village wracked by fear, speculation, and superstition superstition, an irrational belief or practice resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown. The validity of superstitions is based on belief in the power of magic and witchcraft and in such invisible forces as spirits and demons. , in the wake of the drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance.
drowning,
n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid.
 of one of its own at the Mexican-American border. Through personal crisis as well as professional compassion, an outsider Outsider often refers to one identified as on the periphery of social norms, one living or working apart from mainstream society, or one observing a group from the outside, as used in:
  • Outsider Art, created by artists working outside the mainstream art world
 becomes involved in the village's suffering, and the economic and social forces driving migrants north. Told in from the first-person point of view of the outsider, The Salvation of La Purisima is a profound and heartrending look of a disenfranchised and poverty-ridden society that, driven by the necessity of its own survival, culturally pressures its members to make a perilous migration and earn money whether they want to go or not. Highly recommended.
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Date:Aug 1, 2006
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