La Familia, by Lawrence Aguirre
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La Famila is based on Lawrence Aguirre's own experience growing up in East Los Angeles during the thirties. Each of the characters in this collection of interwoven stories in their own way is living out their lives in quiet desperation, but in the murmurs of the night, they pray for redemption. Each story is connected to the body of work by the tears and laughter, by the quicksand, of their human condition. The character Liberada, who appears in all of the stories, is based on the author's grandmother and her life. It is she who holds the stories together, as she did la famila. The saga of his grandmother is full of loves, of hates, but her love for her family was unconditional. In spite of his grandmother’s tears of blood, the author says he knows about love simply because his grandmother gave him a shot at the impossible dream. Being fortified by her love, he now needed to bring to life her spirit, her soul, and her will to survive. The author explains, “What drove me were the roots that had been dipped in the blood of my history, but it was the journey that was going to bring me face to face with my family. I opened the door to my mind and the memories of long ago came at me like a herd of wild stallions. There was a world in those memories that was loose, un-tethered, floating about like an orphan looking for a home. I felt the first jolt, a conscious awareness that there was something there hungry to reveal itself. What electrified my mind and heart was that perhaps I had stumbled upon a source that might reveal the inner core of my own life. On that spark, I rushed across the badlands of my family, recalling the bitter and the sweet. The lives of my family were entangled in the web of their time, binding them to the nature of la familia. La Famila is based on Lawrence Aguirre's own experience growing up in East Los Angeles during the thirties. Each of the characters in this collection of interwoven stories in their own way is living out their lives in quiet desperation, but in the murmurs of the night, they pray for redemption. Each story is connected to the body of work by the tears and laughter, by the quicksand, of their human condition. The character Liberada, who appears in all of the stories, is based on the author's grandmother and her life. It is she who holds the stories together, as she did la famila. The saga of his grandmother is full of loves, of hates, but her love for her family was unconditional. In spite of his grandmother’s tears of blood, the author says he knows about love simply because his grandmother gave him a shot at the impossible dream. Being fortified by her love, he now needed to bring to life her spirit, her soul, and her will to survive. The author explains, “What drove me were the roots that had been dipped in the blood of my history, but it was the journey that was going to bring me face to face with my family. I opened the door to my mind and the memories of long ago came at me like a herd of wild stallions. There was a world in those memories that was loose, un-tethered, floating about like an orphan looking for a home. I felt the first jolt, a conscious awareness that there was something there hungry to reveal itself. What electrified my mind and heart was that perhaps I had stumbled upon a source that might reveal the inner core of my own life. On that spark, I rushed across the badlands of my family, recalling the bitter and the sweet. The lives of my family were entangled in the web of their time, binding them to the nature of la familia.
La Familia, by Lawrence Aguirre- Amazon Sales Rank: #3533629 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .54" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 238 pages
About the Author Lawrence Aguirre was born in 1933 in East Los Angeles, California. He was raised and nurtured by his grandmother in a neighborhood that was one hundred percent Mexican. He lost his eyesight when he was twelve years old and was sent to the California School for the Blind in Berkeley, California. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles, majoring in history and philosophy. Upon graduating, he got married and moved to Venice, California, where he raised his family. He now lives in Santa Cruz, California, where he continues to write. This is his second book. His novel Blind Chance, loosely based on his own life in the counterculture of the sixties, was published last year.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Can't wait for the movie! By June Gellis Malone La Familia is a beautiful portrayal of family life in the barrio of Greater Los Angeles. The book could just have been easily been named, La Barrio as the author brings to life the colors, rhythm and vibrancy of life in the latino ghetto. The characters come to life with vibrancy so vivid that you feel you know them -- that they have been your neighbors or your own family. The book is masterly written with the restrained poetry of an elegant writer who is deeply familiar with the subject matter but also has great love for the people and their community.A page turner -- should be on everyone's reading list -- for an intimate portrait of life in the barrio.
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