Servant's Tale

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. A Servant's Tale 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.

Author: Paula Fox
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/2001
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.58w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780393322859
ISBN10: 0393322858
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Hispanic & Latino
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage