New Book: Vigil by Cecilia Samartin

I was recently contacted about Vigil: A Novel by Cecilia Samartin.

Ana, is the protagonist who from her husband’s deathbed reminisces on her “story that takes her from war-torn El Salvador, to a convent in the United States, and finally to a wealthy California estate where she is employed as the nanny for a dysfunctional family caught up in the throes of a decadent life.

Despite Ana’s own emotional wounds, she is able to bring love and healing to her affluent yet spiritually bereft employers — gifts that no money could ever buy. “

The author, Cecilia Samartin, a Cuban American, won the “prestigious Mariposa Award for best first book (English) by a Latina or Latino for her stunning debut novel of 2007, Broken Paradise.”

As someone, who worked her way through college as a nanny, I look forward to reading it and hope you will check it out.

For more information, visit www.ceciliasamartin.com
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