Luisa de la Cueva was born on the Caribbean island of Malagita, of a plantation owners son and a native woman, a servant in the kitchen. Her years on Malagita were sweet with the beauty of bamboo, banana, and mango trees with flocks of silverfeathered guinea hens underneath, the magic of a victrola, and the caramel flan that Mama sneaked home from the plantation kitchen. Luisas father, fearing revolution, takes his family to New York. In the barrio his oncepowerful name means nothing, and the family establishes itself in a basement tenement. For Luisa, Malagita becomes a dream. Luisa does not dream of going to college, as her friend Ellen does, or of winning the lottery, as her father does. She takes a job as a servant and, paradoxically, grows more independent. She marries and later raises a son alone. She works as a servant all her life. A Servants Tale is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness as we come to know it, a story told with consummate grace and compassion by Paula Fox.

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.; Classification: FA; Weight: 430 g; Dimensions: 208 x 168 x 20

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