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Author Samartin, Cecilia.

Title Tarnished beauty : a novel / Cecilia Samartin.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2008.
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 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC SAMARTIN, C    Check Shelf
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description 339 pages ; 23 cm
Summary Jamilet, a beautiful young woman is marred by a shockingly gruesome birthmark. She is shunned by the villagers in her Mexican village. In search of a medical salvation she crosses the border illegally to Los Angeles. She finds work at a mental hospital where she comes in contact with an elderly Spanish gentleman. The two of them form a spiritual bond that is more healing than modern medicine could ever be.
Subject Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction.
Local Subject Undocumented immigration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Subject Mexicans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Illegal immigration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
ISBN 1416549501 alkaline paper
9781416549505 alkaline paper
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