A
story of love that was never meant to live yet refused to die … Set
against the backdrop of one of the most tragic events in Philippine
history—the imposition of the Martial Law Regime in 1972—and a seemingly
innocent yet an equally enigmatic story for children, the novel focuses
on Lisa Rubio, a woman haunted by her deprived childhood, a lost love,
and a broken identity after her incarceration during the President
Marcos regime. Resolute and strong-willed, she slowly resurrects from
her bitterness and disillusionment against life’s baffling questions,
the deceit and trappings of the adult world that she learned to despise.
By excelling in academics and in her chosen career as a woman of
science, she regains
a sure footing and rebuilds her shattered self. But fate has other
plans, in the person of a young man named Leo. Thus begins yet another
painful journey of her self-doubt, psychological trepidation and moral
dilemma. Lisa’s psychiatrist helps her navigate and dissect her
emotional turmoil at falling for a boy half her age. “Here is a
brilliant woman who studies the stars, who stands on the shoulders of
Galileo, but peeps through the eyes of Ichabod,” as Dr. Mores
allegorically described Lisa’s person. Yet, when despair takes her
almost to the brink, salvation comes from an unexpected
stranger—Professor Justin Pullin,
a man whom Lisa distrusts. With stoic calm and gentle prudence, the
professor leads Lisa through a deep introspection and to the wisdom
behind suffering that is almost too heavy for the human heart to bear.
Just when she resolves to make a right decision, a restless and
capricious fate taunts her again: a strange twist of reality brings her
and Leo together, and now that they are both adults, their restrained
love is suddenly freed and opens like a floodgate. That fateful meeting,
however, proves to be Lisa’s adamant yet ultimate act of love, a
poignant redemption afforded her by the third reason.
J. B. Villegas lives in Texas, where she enjoys watching her tomatoes grow. She holds the degree, Doctor of Dental Medicine.
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