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Against a richly woven historical background of two centuries and two vivid societies, Christina Vella unfolds the compelling story of the marital alliance between the Almonester and Pontalba families of Louisiana. Born into wealth in New Orleans in 1795, Micaela Almonester was married into misery in France sixteen years later. Intimate Enemies gives the amazing true account of this resilient woman’s life—and the three men who most affected its course: her father, Andrés, an illustrious New Orleans builder in whose footsteps she eventually followed with great distinction; her father-in-law, Xavier, who for more than twenty years tried to destroy her marriage and seize control of her fortune, eventually shooting Micaela in violent despair; and her husband, Célestin, whom, despite all, she compassionately supported until her death. Adapted as an opera in 2003 by the New Orleans Opera, Intimate Enemies has captured the imagination and admiration of readers everywhere..
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Three novellas tied together by common threads of spirituality, quirky black humor and tantalizingly off-beat takes on the nature of the soul. In "The Life of Christ in the 21st Century," based on the Renegade Films screenplay by the same name, Edwin Christian Allman unveils a Messiah for a high-tech future, an ethnic shape-shifter whose transcendent message may lead the world to the a new kind of self-discovery. In "Angels & Pancakes," Charles J. Hebert brings together a Scrooge-like millionaire and an angelic homeless girl in a tale of redemption. In "French Quarter Follies," Dr. Paul Rodenhauser weaves together the daily madness of a group of unforgettable French Quarter characters..
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