Seattle Latinx Bookclub - This Fierce Blood

Schedule

Sat Nov 19 2022 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

Location

TBD | Seattle, WA

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Join us in comunidad & discussion of the novel This Fierce Blood by Malia Márquez
About this Event

We plan to meet in person this month (at a location to be determined) to discuss This Fierce Blood by Malia Márquez.

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About the book & authors

This Fierce Blood

A multigenerational family saga, This Fierce Blood follows three generations of women in the Sylte family.

In rural late-nineteenth-century New England, Wilhelmina Sylte is a settler starting a family with her Norwegian immigrant husband. When she forms an inexplicable connection with a mountain lion and her cubs living near their farm, Mina grapples with divided loyalties and the mysterious bond she shares with the animals.

In 1927 in southern Colorado, Josepa is accused of witchcraft by a local priest for using the healing practices passed down from her Native mother. Fighting for her family’s reputation and way of life, Sepa finds strength in worldly and otherworldly sources.

When Magdalena, an ecologist, inherits her great-grandmother Wilhelmina’s Vermont property, she and her astrophysicist husband decide to turn the old farm into a summer science camp for teens. As Magda struggles with both personal and professional responsibilities, the boundary between science and myth begins to blur.

Rich in historical and cultural detail, This Fierce Blood combines magical realism with themes of maternal ancestral inheritance, and also explores the ways Hispano/Indigenous traditions both conflicted and wove together, shaping the distinctive character of the American Southwest.

Malia Márquez was born in New Mexico, grew up in New England, and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is an instructor with the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Her work appears or is forthcoming in journals and anthologies such as Hobart and The Tertiary Lodgers, and has placed in short and long form fiction contests including the Staunch Short Story Prize. This Fierce Blood is her first novel.

Where to find the book

You can find a copy of their book on Bookshop.org here

Purchase through Estelita's Library's Bookshop.org store front and you'll support Seattle's local Black/Brown owned justice focused community bookstore & lending library.

As of April 2022, this book is not yet available at Seattle Public Library.


Bonus Material

, A Novel

Readers' Discussion Group Guide

Dominicanas NYC Photo Archive


Future 2022 Meeting Dates & Book Picks

  • We take a break for the month of December, so this is our last meeting of 2022. See you in 2023!
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Where is it happening?

TBD, TBD, Seattle, United States

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