Centered on self-growth, Sacred Choices<\/i> weaves together the lives of three resilient women. Ceren is a newly-married and pregnant professor who learns her husband is a bigamist who urges abortion. Judith, Ceren’s colleague\u2014an older, more worldly professor and pro-choice advocate\u2014provides counsel based on her experiences. Judith’s sister Pastora, a nun, provides the voice of reason. Written for, by, and about women who have had or are considering abortions, Sacred Choices<\/i> is Ceren’s journey\u2014from her positive pregnancy test, through her decision whether or not to have an abortion\u2014to an uncanny conclusion.
\nSacred Choices<\/i> has an offbeat charm steeped in the supernatural. The protagonists’ search for the answer to whether it is the Aztec goddess Tonantzin or Our Lady of Guadalupe who has been revered for the past 500 years is interrupted by a giggling, young girl, who appears only to Judith. Is she a figment of Judith’s imagination, a vision\u2014or could she be an angel, as Pastora believes? Set near Mexico City and incorporating present-day Hispanic and ancient Aztec beliefs, culture, and cuisine, Sacred Choices<\/i> deeply celebrates the triumph of the spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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