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Novels

 The Salvation of La Purísima (Floricanto Press)
The debut novel of T. M. Spooner, The Salvation of La Purísima, is a contemporary tragedy about a rural Mexican village wracked by fear, speculation, and superstition, in the wake of the drowning of one of its own at the Mexican-American border. Through personal crisis as well as professional compassion, an outsider becomes involved in the village's suffering, and the economic and social forces driving migrants north. Told from the first-person point of view of the outsider, The Salvation of La Purísima is a profound and heartrending look at a disenfranchised and poverty-ridden society that, driven by the necessity of its own survival, culturally pressures its members to make a perilous migration and earn money whether they want to go or not.
Highly recommended. - Midwest Book Review        


Notes from Exile  (Floricanto Press)
The daily lives of these characters and how they interact with the local culture ring true to one who has spent time in the Chapala area and many other villages throughout Mexico. The individual stories meld together very well and the dialogue, a real strength of the novel, comes across in perfect cadence. This is a serious, yet sometimes amusing, tale. Spooner once again has made a valuable contribution to contemporary Mexico-based literature. I highly recommend that you get a copy. - David Simmonds (MexicoFile)