{"product_id":"the-road-from-la-cueva","title":"The Road from La Cueva","description":"\u003cp\u003eReviewOrtegos sharp eye and delicate tread make it a vibrant journey of discovery. The Road from La Cueva is slender, but engaging and entirely memorable. January Magazine, April 2008The author of this book deserves the best of reviews for this touching, heart melting story that could be of any one of our lives. I would give this a fivestar rating because it captured me, educated me and let me see that there are true friends and love out there. Front Street Reviews, April 2008Product DescriptionAna Howland is at a crisis point. As a constrained yet passionate woman, she finds few outlets for her desires in her role as mother and wife. She is subsumed by a controlling husband, but is craving her own fulfillment. Her frustrations find outlets through a friendship with an eccentric neighbor and an affair with a man who respects her and nurtures her spirit and independence. Through hardship and grim determination, she learns to look with her own eyes, to feel with her own heart. She discovers a deep well of resilience and compassion, with room for growth and freedom. Her story is one of a leap of faith, away from despair and toward life at its fullest. Despite all odds, she navigates herself, through small but profound changes, into new ways of living, of relating to her friends, her daughter, herself. Sheila Ortego is president of Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Born in New Orleans and of Acadian ancestry, Dr. Ortego received her doctorate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and since has taught Southwest Literature, Womens Literature, and Womens Studies at several colleges and universities. Her poetry has been published by the Santa Fe Literary Review, and she has recently been admitted to the Live Poets Society in Santa Fe.About the AuthorSheila Ortego is president of Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Born in New Orleans and of Acadian ancestry, Dr. Ortego received her doctorate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and since has taught Southwest Literature, Womens Literature, and Womens Studies at several colleges and universities. Her poetry has been published by the Santa Fe Literary Review, and she has recently been admitted to the Live Poets Society in Santa Fe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sunstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Sheila Ortego \/ hardcover","offer_id":47845834064117,"sku":"SONG0865345880","price":21.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71Fqk0iASWL.jpg?v=1773829209","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-road-from-la-cueva","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}