(Ebook) Our Lady of the Night: A Novel by Mayra Santos-Febres, Ernesto Mestre-Reed ISBN 9780061731303, 0061731307

(Ebook) Our Lady of the Night: A Novel by Mayra Santos-Febres, Ernesto Mestre-Reed ISBN 9780061731303, 0061731307

From internationally-acclaimed novelist Mayra Santos-Febres comes a carnal, epic novel about the life of Isabel “La Negra” Luberza--a legendary Puerto Rican madam who, by the end of World War II, became the most powerful woman on the island.Born into poverty & then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status—armed with incredible physical presence, indomitable ambition, & keen intelligence—she meets Fernando Fornarís, the man who will forever change her life. With a parcel of land given to her by her rich, white married lover, Isabel transforms herself into a hard-edged & merciless businesswoman—abandoning her own newborn son to become Puerto Rico's most feared & respected madam, a collector of society's secrets, a queen of the notorious brothel that emerges as the island's true political & economic heart.Set against the rich backdrop of the Caribbean & the United States during the tumultuous years of World War II, Mayra Santos-Febres's Our Lady of the Night is a breathtaking novel of passion, power, & the devastating price of achieving everything one wishes for.