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...year later, a child is born: Belén, and her skin is dark. Ana Luisa, horrified, and fearful of being ostracized by her rich friends, blames José Carlos for having had black ancestors. Now would seem to be the time to tell Ana Luisa where she came from; but the doctor says her heart is too weak to take a severe shock. "I wish I could say it were my fault," the new father says of his baby girl. "Then I could proudly say she is from my black blood." Instead he promises Mercé he will keep...
...Belén is now four, with her father's (and grandmother's) loving disposition, but Ana Luisa still resents and recoils from her. "Why didn't God send me a white and blond girl?" she demands. "I would've loved her so much." (And Mercé asks, "What did black people do to make you hate us so much?") Desperate for affection from her mother, Belén puts pancake makeup on her face, saying, "I want to be white so mama will love me." Ana Luisa sees this pathetic travesty, and kisses Belén for the first...
...like sound" have been inspirations for her own stupendous rise, comparisons can also be unhelpful. She would be the first to point out that she has yet to make a recording or grace the European opera stages that forged Sutherland's fame. But in the budding boldness of her bel canto one can already sense a magical symmetry forming-of another down-to-earth spirit allied to a heavenly voice...
...flipped, turned upside down, and he’d like to take a minute just sit right there, to tell you how he became…a broke, single father living on the streets? As an actor, Will Smith has come a long way from the posh neighborhood of Bel-Air, starring as down and out single father Chris Gardner in Gabriel Muccino’s new film “The Pursuit of Happyness.” But Smith’s sincere performance can’t quite carry the predictable film, and it ultimately disappoints...
...Bel Canto By Ann Patchett Harper Perennial...