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“With her second novel, Magdalena, Cecilia Brainard adds new portraits to the gallery in Philippine literature. She has always had a strong sense of place. Here, she provides an inner landscape as well. Together, these provide the coordinate for the family secrets that bind the characters as securely as bloodlines. By the end they have glimpsed who they have become, allowing the novel beyond its last page, to live on in the readers’ thoughts.” - Linda Ty-Casper “Brainard blends a series of multiple perspectives to create a polyphony of voices that enacts Philippines society ... The narrative is a nuanced vision of the workings of culture, social obligation, social class, obligation and the Filipino personality.” - Rocio G. Davis “Though ostensibly centered on war, Brainard’s novel really explores the more personal narratives, love stories, and family secrets of Filipino women from Cebu, the author’s own home province in the Philippines, thinly veiled as the town of ‘Ubec’ in Magdalena and much of her other fiction. Historical events that form backdrops for the book include the Philippine American War, World War II, the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, and the Vietnam War.” - Luisa A. Igloria “Expertly written by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Magdalena is set in the chaotic backdrop of twentieth-century East Asia. A romantic, powerful tale of three generations of Filipino women, written with a close eye on the terrors of war and the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II, Magdalena is an intense, involving, highly recommended saga that documents Cecilia Manguerra Brainard as a gifted author with a mastery of story telling that will keep the reader’s total attention and engagement from first page to last!” - Midwest Book Review