Benítez, Sandra,  1941- <br/><br/>
A place where the sea remembers :  a novel / 
by Sandra Benítez. 
 - First Scribner edition 1994. 
 - 163 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Scribner Paperback Fiction .
<br/><br/> Originally published by Coffee House Press 
<br/><br/> A Place Where the Sea Remembers is a mesmerizing tale of love and anger, hope and tragedy. At the heart of this rich and bewitching story is Chayo, the flower-seller, and her husband Candelario, the salad-maker, who finally may be blessed with the child they thought they would never have. Their cause for happiness, however, triggers a series of events that marks the lives of everyone in the small village of Santiago, Mexico. Woven into Chayo's and Candelario's story are an unforgettable array of characters: Marta, the hotel maid who reads cast-off American magazines and dreams of El Paso; don Justo, the heartbroken fortune-teller; Esperanza, the midwife who finds new love with Rafael, the shy schoolteacher. Their secret dreams and desires are known only to the omniscient sea and to the curandera Remedios, a healer who hears them all 
<br/><br/> CAS  College of Business and Accountancy  College of Education  College of Engineering and Computer Studies  College of Health Sciences 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780671892678 (pbk)  0671892673 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Parent and child--Fiction.<br/>Villages--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3552.E5443  / P53 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.54 B44  / 1993