Parris Afton Bonds

Parris Afton Bonds certainly knows how to put words on paper to fashion an intricate and exciting story. Indian Affairs is just that.
Alessandra O’Quinn must move to a dryer climate in hopes that the air will cure her tuberculosis. Although she does not want to go, she moves to Taos, NM. The first view of the town is a little foreboding and Alessandra hopes she will get well soon so she and her son, Jeremy, can return to Washington, D.C.

“Something awaited her here in the dead desert, something more powerful than Life, and she feared it might be Death. Death waiting for her with arms wide open.”

Surprisingly, her move expands her horizons and allows her to rediscover the avant-garde lifestyle she enjoyed in her youth. She becomes a part of the local “artsy” society and meets many famous people like Dr. Carl Jung, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence. They introduce her to the local shaman, Manuel Mondragon. The conflict between the two worlds of Alessandra and Manuel makes for some very exciting electricity, both between themselves and their respective cultures.
Parris Afton paints a graphic word picture of the plight and acceptance of the Indian and a descriptive picture of the ones who want to keep their way of life and fight the Washington bureaucrats. Note: As a former librarian, I always wanted to know from reading the reviews if there was any risqué scenes in the book, so I am going to say that there are a couple in this book. The storyline itself is exceptional and it is a book that I know you will enjoy, as I did.
Parris Afton Bonds is the mother of five sons and the author of thirty-five published novels. She is the co-founder of and first vice president of Romance Writers of America. Declared by ABC’s Nightline as one of the three best-selling authors of romantic fiction, the award winning Parris Afton Bonds has been interviewed by such luminaries as Charlie Rose and featured in major newspapers and magazines as well as published in more than a dozen languages. She donates her time to teaching creative writing to both grade school children and female inmates. The Parris Award was established in her name by the Southwest Writers Work(s)hop to honor a published writer who has given outstandingly of time and talent to other writers. Prestigious recipients of the Parris Award include Tony Hillerman and the Pulitzer nominee Norman Zollinger. (Quoted from her book)… (meer)