In The Arms of the Forgotten Angel
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Book Details
About the Book
This book is about a young girl from East Los Angeles whose brothers were from one of the biggest barrios (gang) in L.A. They controlled everything she did. They moved to El Monte, where other barrios, (gangs) and trouble awaited when she fell in love with someone from the other barrio! She was caught in the middle of ignorance, jealousy, hatred and love! Between her mother, brothers and the one she loved, she had lost already! Because of her fear that her family would hurt him she hid whom she loved, but more importantly, the fact that she had his child! It is a book of their forbidden love and the lies and deception and what those lies did to their love!
It is a story of a young girl who fell in love for the very first time with all the odds against them and their love, their love never had a chance! It is about how God had sent him to her more than once and she still lost him! All the people filled with hatred worked towards making their life miserable and destroyed everything they ever wanted, though they could never destroy the love they had for each other! She carried the guilt of what happened to him and even in his afterlife, she searched for his soul! She went searching for his spirit and all while she was doing this, she lost her own spirit and almost her soul! It is a modern day Romeo and Juliet, although she never died, she went into denial that he even existed for 20 years! Sometimes she would play out the game that he was alive somewhere on this earth waiting to see her one day!
About the Author
My name is Rose Portillo. I am the mother of 12 children, nine daughters, three sons with now 17 grandchildren. I was born in El Paso, Texas on December 25, 1959. I have five brothers. I grew up in East Los Angeles in the Maravilla Projects. My father was a writer and an artist who became a Technical Illustrator for the Northrop Company in the mid 60s. My father, Albert Portillo, was the main person that inspired my love for writing! I began writing when I was very young and wrote children's story for a company when I was 19.
I grew up in a very controlled and restricted life with five brothers and my parents. My parents were both born here in the United States. My maternal grandfather was from Spain. My paternal grandfather was from France and Mexico. My paternal grandmother was a Native American Apache Indian from Arizona. My maternal grandmother was a Mexican American Indian. I lived in the city of El Monte and attended Mountain View High School. In East Los Angeles, in the sixth grade I wrote, directed, produced and put on two plays for the whole school. At the age of 9 or so, I also played a part on old television program called Wonderama, in "Let's Be Friends." I began writing poems when I was very young. When I was five years old, I began dancing Ballet Folklorico and Flamenco. I became a Professional Flamenco/Ballet Folklorico Dancer in the year of 1976, when I was 16. I formed a dance group in 1995 and then I became injured. Besides my love for writing, I had a Medical/Legal Transcription Business, was a Paralegal and Medical Assistant in my life. I remained a dancer until I became ill with Fibromyalgia and Degenerative Disc Disease.