{"product_id":"kissing-the-virgins-mouth-9780060933586","title":"Kissing the Virgin's Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003eGuadalupe Magdalena Molina Vásquez -- wife, scoundrel, courtesan, mother -- is full of contradictions: she believes in love but is suspicious of men; she rejects religion but admires the Virgin Mary; she respects tradition while breaking all the rules. Here, in the Golden Zone of Teatán, Mexico, Magda tells her extraordinary life story -- from a poor Mexican barrio to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness -- and bewitchingly imparts the hard-earned wisdom she has gained through the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna M. Gershten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.31w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060933586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr 2002\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGershten, Donna M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Donna M. Gershten was born in eastern North Carolina and later lived for some years in Sinaloa, Mexico, where she ran a fitness and community center. She returned to the United States, received a master of fine arts in creative writing from Warren Wilson College, and began to publish short stories in literary journals. Gershten now divides her time between the Huerfano Valley in southern Colorado and Denver. \u003cem\u003eKissing the Virgin's Mouth\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGershten was the first recipient of the $25,000 Bellwether Prize for Fiction in recognition of her debut novel \u003cem\u003eKissing the Virgin's Mouth\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a literature of social change.\" The Bellwether Prize was established by award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver, to promote literature of \"social responsibility\" and \"political boldness and complexity.\" Barbara Kingsolver announced Donna M. Gershten as the first recipient of the prize, by press release, in May 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110608109683,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_67e09b9b-4407-4f91-89e8-5ef376a53906.jpg?v=1748981660","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/kissing-the-virgins-mouth-9780060933586","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}