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edition:Paperback
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category: Fiction
published: Feb 2007
ISBN:9781897235263
publisher: Thistledown Press

The Reddening Path

by Amanda Hale

tagged: contemporary women
Description

Paméla returns to Guatemala to search for her birth mother. Her journey reveals more than she could have imagined; a bloody history of conquest and cultural genocide; a shocking love story; and, woven through it all, the invisible mystery of her own surprising seduction.

The Reddening Path is the story of Paméla who, adopted as an infant by Hannah & Fern, a Toronto lesbian couple, travels to Guatamala to search for her birth mother. Her quest uncovers a tangle of political and romantic intrigue as Paméla discovers her Mayan heritage and learns about the complexities of life in Guatemala. Resonating throughout is an account of Malintzín, the Mayan slave who became Cortes' mistress. These details of the Spanish conquest weave throughout the narrative, colouring the lives of everyone she encounters in her birthland. Paméla's journey casts light on the struggle between conqueror and conquered within the Guatemalan people and the spiritual and emotional complexities facing those of mixed blood, a reality which challenges her expectations for an easy resolution to her question of identity.

About the Author
Amanda Hale has been writing for over 30 years. She is a novelist and poet, has written for theatre and worked as a journalist. She has an M.A. in Creative Writing Drama from Concordia University, Montreal, and has taught creative writing. She was a founding member of Toronto’s feminist theatre group, Company of Sirens, and of Red Tree Visual Arts. My Sweet Curiosity (Thistledown Press 2009) was a Fiction finalist for the 2010 ReLit Awards. Hale's work has appeared in numerous publications, including: A Room of One’s Own, The New Quarterly and Fiddlehead. She lives on Hornby Island, BC.

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