false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236355m/91870.jpg 91870 4 Luisa de la Cueva was born on the Caribbean island of Malagita, of a plantation owner's son and a native woman, a servant in the kitchen. Her years on Malagita were sweet with the beauty of bamboo, banana, and mango trees with flocks of silver-feathered guinea hens underneath, the magic of a victrola, and the caramel flan that Mama sneaked home from the plantation kitchen. Luisa's father, fearing revolution, takes his family to New York. In the barrio his once-powerful name means nothing, and the family establishes itself in a basement tenement. For Luisa, Malagita becomes a dream. Luisa does not dream of going to college, as her friend Ellen does, or of winning the lottery, as her father does. She takes a job as a servant and, paradoxically, grows more independent. She marries and later raises a son alone. She works as a servant all her life. <I>A Servant's Tale</I> is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness as we come to know it, a story told with consummate grace and compassion by Paula Fox. 88631 1984 A Servant's Tale: A Novel total:22|5:6|4:6|3:7|2:3|1:0| 22 81 37 3 91870 0393322858 9780393322859 18 3 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236355m/91870.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91870.A_Servant_s_Tale_A_Novel 2 0 false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 07:57:09 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 07:58:30 -0800 2009 91870 0393322858 9780393322859 18 3 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236355m/91870.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91870.A_Servant_s_Tale_A_Novel 5 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 05 09:41:58 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 09:51:53 -0700 2008 descriptive writing is excellent.

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