Today I wrote a book description for Book 3 in the Miss Vulpe series. Check it out below!
Ana and Margo are two sisters who took very different paths in dealing with their childhood trauma. As adults, they are closer than most siblings. Perhaps a bit too close. Is it normal to love one’s sister more than one’s spouse? Then again, not much is typical about these two, and the term normal is one their therapists frown upon. While the strong sisterly bond is something they’re both grateful for, Ana and Margo each struggle with their own set of problems as young women searching for career paths, identities, and personal fulfillment.
Independent to a fault, Ana embarks on an academic career meant to show the whole world that she is smart, respectable, worthy, and has outgrown the troublemaker she once was. But is she being too hard on herself? Is she suppressing crucial aspects of her identity and denying herself the joy of pursuing her true inclinations? Can one even follow one’s passions without becoming a shallow, self-absorbed, self-serving creep? Also, can a woman love without losing herself?
Margo contemplates this last question too, especially since her relationship has taken over her life. Margo has always loved chemistry and was set on a career elaborating perfume. Then she lost her sense of smell and with it her identity. Who is Margo without her studies? Can love be enough for her? And what if her love asks her for something Margo knows she cannot, will not give in on?
Rich with food, travels, irreverent humor, and surprises galore, this book invites readers on a bumpy joyride as the sisters contemplate motherhood, self-acceptance, depression, enmeshment, research woes, and the complex hold their deceased mother still has on them more than a decade after her passing. Ana Martinez Has No Shame can be read on its own or in conjunction with the other two books in this series, The Adventures of Miss Vulpe and Magic Lessons for Margo.
