The Translation of the Bones by Francesca Kay

Author:Francesca Kay [Kay, Francesca]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780297865100
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

On Wednesday evening Kiti Mendoza’s Auntie Rita had already started cooking for the picnic. She was planning leche flan and coconut cake, adobo, dumplings to be eaten cold, skewers of fried chicken. Would it be possible to roast a suckling pig on one of those baby barbecues? Lumpia were good party food, but could they be reheated? She was looking forward to the day. Whatever about that crucifix—and the truth was she couldn’t care less about it one way or another—it was a good reason for a party. And Rita could do with one. A thankless and a tiring life she had, cleaning rooms in a hotel, hoarding the pennies she made to send back home. This distraction was very welcome, this excuse to gather friends together from their scattered community, to cook properly for a change, to share real food. Today she had tasted the promise of summer in the air, the long winter was over at last and she was pleased.

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