Kissing the Virgin's Mouth

Donna M. Gershten

first published 2001 HarperCollins, 2001 228 pages

Guadalupe Magdalena Molina Vasquez -- 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 Teatan, Mexico, Magda tells her extraordinary life story -- from a poor Mexican barrio to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to w...

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Kissing the Virgin's Mouth ebook · 2007 · HarperCollins · 9780061461934
Kissing the Virgin's Mouth paperback · 2002 · Harper Perennial · 240 pages · 9780060933586
Kissing the virgin's mouth edition · 2001 · HarperCollins · 228 pages

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