Background
Espinosa, Maria Paula was born on January 6, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Robert Marcus and Maxine Judd (Silver) Cronbach.
( Extending the story of the troubled life of Rosa, a cha...)
Extending the story of the troubled life of Rosa, a character first developed by the author in Longing, this novel describes her difficult relationship with her mother, Eleanor. Rosa's story unfolds as though in a parallel world: dogged by the same obsessions as her mother and resorting to sex and madness as elements of destruction. At the core of their tension is the illicit affair Eleanor has had with her daughter’s husband, Antonio. Both Rosa and Eleanor find the defining focal point in the same man, whose gift for interpreting the longing of others means his own bitter destruction. Narrated in two voices from perspectives of both women, this novel describes both their lives in depth, covering a span of nearly 70 years during which the world around them undergoes enormous change.
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( Set in the late 1950s, this provocative novel follows A...)
Set in the late 1950s, this provocative novel follows Adrianne, a Houston native who has recently arrived in Manhattan and wanders the city having indiscriminate sex with strangers. She soon falls in with Alfredo, a Cuban-American artist who coerces her into prostitution in order to support his lifestyle and who treats her with increasing levels of brutality. Adrianne must ultimately rely on reserves of an inner strength to claw her way out of her desperate circumstances. This gripping exploration of a young woman’s search for love and self in the big city is titillating and psychologically haunting in equal measure.
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Espinosa, Maria Paula was born on January 6, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Robert Marcus and Maxine Judd (Silver) Cronbach.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia School, New York City, 1960; Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, 1981.
Teacher English as Second Language San Francisco Bay Area Adult Schools, 1968-1978. Various teaching positions, 1968-1987. Teacher New College of California, San Francisco, 1987-1990, Pima Community College, Tucson, 1991, City College of California, San Francisco, since 1998, Merritt College, Oakland, 2008.
( Set in the late 1950s, this provocative novel follows A...)
( Extending the story of the troubled life of Rosa, a cha...)
( This gripping novel of adventure, love, and religious p...)
Member Bay Area Poets Cooperative, Pen West.
Married Mario Espinosa, November 16, 1962 (divorced 1965). 1 child, Carmen Espinosa. Married Walter Selig, February 1978.