Wild Steps of Heaven / Victor Villaseñor

RATINGS

Overall: 5/ 5 stars

Text Level: Easy

Entertainment: High

Self-Help: Low

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Memoir, Magical Realism

Page Count: 304

Is this book right for my inmate and me?

For fans of Victor Villaseñor and his “Rain of Gold, this book will be a hit, especially if you have an admiration for stories deeply rooted in culture of Mexico, tradition, and religion.

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Review By: Road Runner (Inmate)

It was a time of love and war, magic, faith, and familia.

It was a time when men and women still deuced up the wild steps of heaven, driven by faith and miracles, enraptured by the joy of la vida. And it was the time of the family Villaseñor, who, in their passion and love of life represent the whole fiery history of Mexico. In this extraordinary saga, Victor Villaseñor, whose best-seller, “Rain of Gold” brought his mother’s family to life, creates a powerful and riveting portrait of his father’s family, and the country whose earth gave them roots.

Don Juan Jesus Villaseñor, the author’s grandfather, was the family patriarch who carried the blood of Spanish royalty in his reins and the rage of the dispossessed in his heart. But it was his Indian wife, the beautiful and indomitable Doña Margarita, who was the heart and soul of the Villaseñors. Together, she and Don Juan would create a dynasty of sons and daughters on the eve of the Mexican Revolution. Against a vivid backup of heroism and brutality, magic and romance, their dazzling story unfolds through the eyes of little Juan, the youngest, and his son, Victor Villaseñor, whose pen transforms this tumultuous saga into myth. This book thrives on the exuberance of its prose, the vitality of the story, the power of its images, and the author’s compassion for the human condition. It is a wonderful book and a pleasure in every respect.