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Cursed and Other Stories

Noelle Q De Jesus
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Experience the pain, hope and love in the hearts of Filipinos everywhere, especially those making lives easier for strangers and those seeking greener pastures. They wear their identity with simultaneous pride and shame, knowing that while they may wish to go abroad, they will never leave their home behind completely. These stories explore heart-wrenching emotions from the archipelago, that shares more with the West than we realize.

Published: Oct/2019

ISBN: 9789814867191

Length: 196 Pages

Cursed and Other Stories

Noelle Q De Jesus

Experience the pain, hope and love in the hearts of Filipinos everywhere, especially those making lives easier for strangers and those seeking greener pastures. They wear their identity with simultaneous pride and shame, knowing that while they may wish to go abroad, they will never leave their home behind completely. These stories explore heart-wrenching emotions from the archipelago, that shares more with the West than we realize.

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Noelle Q De Jesus

Noelle Q. de Jesus is a Filipino American writer whose first book, BLOOD: Collected Stories (Ethos Books) won the US-based 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Award for the Short Story. A Palanca Award winner and a University of the Philippines’ Writers Workshop fellow, she has published short stories in Southeast Asia and the United States, including Puerto del Sol and Mud Season Review. She is currently working on her first novel, Dome of Another Sky. She lives with her husband in Singapore and they have two children.