The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart.
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It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long-forsaken property in Manila’s bohemian district, close to where ladies of the evening ply their trade. It is no place for a proper young woman, but this house, even with its ghosts, makes Celestina feel at home.
Celestina tears into life, losing herself in the pleasures of the night, but soon finds that the emptiness within her is not easily filled. When finally a true chance at happiness promises to save her, a sinister voice from the past returns, threatening to destroy it all.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
ISBN: 9781459754003
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 298 g
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 25 mm
Transporting us to a Manila of dark romance and ghosts, Celestina's House is a gothic novel that reminds us how the past is never wholly escapable. Rich and sweeping and literally haunting. - Andrew Pyper, author of The Residence and The Demonologist
Celestina’s House is steeped in ghosts and memories that haunt three generations of a family. Celestina fearlessly confronts her own demons, and mala, along with devastating family secrets. This is a skilfully written and searingly honest story that you will not forget. - Kim Echlin, author of Speak, Silence
A finely wrought and richly textured intergenerational saga that weaves a family’s history and stories into a deeply felt meditation on love, grief, and loss. Celestina’s House is a rare, beautiful, and moving narrative of a young woman’s search for love, truth and self amid obstacles, trials and impossible odds. A ravishing and astonishing debut. - Patria Rivera, author of Puti/White
An ornately detailed, decadent, and erotic world inhabited by a fascinating array of characters, both despicable and heroic, a world that needs to be visited and savoured. - Aga Maksimowska, author of Giant
A rich, dark, and singular story of haunted love and incurable loss you won’t soon forget. - Cindy Fazzi, author of Multo
With a lush, tropical setting, an entrancing protagonist, and swirling ghosts that guide and subvert, Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez has crafted a darkly romantic, immersive world. - Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, author of Reuniting with Strangers
I'm slightly aghast if this book is being published in it's current form. I have had this galley for a very long time, but the publishing date has been moved out, so it dropped down my TBR list until now,... More
This book is tonally WILD, and not in a good way. It is marketed as a Gothic haunted house novel compared to The Hacienda and Mexican Gothic. It starts promising - a derelict house being dismantled - but we then... More
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