Different Flags by Eugenia Renskoff

Different Flags, a book by Eugenia Renskoff, tells the story of 26-year-old Ani. Ani leaves her comfortable but stifling life in San Francisco to travel to Argentina to comfort her widowed Aunt Esther. Once back in her native country, Ani must face her unexpected feelings of love for Padre Luis, her aunt's young and handsome parish priest. Different Flags is a study of Ani's inner conflict.

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I am a writer, translator and teacher of Spanish and English to foreign students. I have been writing since I was six. I love to express myself through words. I have also traveled widely.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Anorexia

December 29, 1985: Just in time for 1986. I think I am getting anorexic again, just like a few years ago in San Francisco. I know it´s not because I have nothing better to do. It is because of an emotional problem, just like it was back then. And I don´t want to worry my Tia, but she is beginning to notice my lack of appetite, among other things.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Not

December 26, 1985: We spent a very quiet Navidad, without our usual toast with a glass of sidra each. My Tia looks sad--sadder than usual. And it´s not because nobody invited us anywhere. She doesn´t care about such things like I do. here´s something deeper going on with her. I just don´t really know what it is.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Navidad

December 23, 1985: Navidad without the neighbors won´t be the same. Their phone calls will cheer us up for a moment or two, but then what? I know that my Tia and I will act cheerful and pretend it doesn´t bother us. We are both good actresses, worthy of Academy Awards.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Save

December 22, 1985: My mother´s birthday. There must be something I can do to save my Tia´s life, such a hard, up and down the hill sort of life.