The Sandoval Sisters' Secret of Old Blood by Sandra Ramos O'Briant

There was plenty that kept me interested and reading until the last page. The Sandoval Sisters' Secret of Old Blood Sandra Ramos O'Briant 4.19- 4. This is a novel with a unique setting, intriguing characters, filled with both turbulent and challenging life issues. When Alma flees with her young lover to Texas to escape an arranged marriage with a much. And that’s what I found most entertaining about this novel – is how the old intersects into each woman’s life. Winner of Best Historical Fiction and Best First Book, ILBA, 2013. And of course, no novel that deals with old history is without its share of potions, witchcraft, and black magic. The novel draws the reader in quickly, and as the three women go forth to the their own destinies, their individual stories, heartbreak, triumph, and secrets are revealed. Sandra Ramos O’Briant is the author of The Sandoval Sisters’ Secret of Old Blood, First Place Historical Fiction and Best First Book, ILBA, 2013. In this way, family secrets, recipes, potions, and life stories are shared to future generations as a way to share knowledge and preserve information. Sandra Ramos O’Briant is the author of The Sandoval Sisters’ Secret of Old Blood, winner of Best Historical Fiction and Best First Book at the ILBA, 2013. The diaries date back centuries and are all carefully kept and shared amongst them. The intersection of feminism and motherhood. An old family tradition exists where the women keep extensive diaries of their lives.

The Sandoval family are wealthy land owners in the late 1800’s. The Secret of Old Blood is a novel about three sisters during the Mexican-American wars.

The Sandoval Sisters' Secret of Old Blood by Sandra Ramos O'Briant