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.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Summertime

May 8, 1987: It was such a nice dream! My Tia and I were in San Vicente again and she was happy. Her smiles were genuine, not fake like now. I will never forget San Vicente for many reasons; neither will she. It was an early summer evening and my Tia and I were on the sidewalk in front of our house. I call it ours even though we never owned it. It was the house of our hearts, our souls.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

I Haven't

May 3, 1987: No, I haven't made much progress. I often think that it's going to be slowly pushing up hill of the rest of my life, the rest of my Tia's life. She does not need this. I keep repeating it to myself because there's no way I can tell her. Why make her unhappy?

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Biting Choices

May 2, 1987: What choices do I have? How can I bite any one of them when I don't think they're good? The possibility of going back to San Francisco always exists, but what will happen to my Tia? Getting her a 3-month tourist visa isn't such a good idea. What would she do after the three months are up? Would she be deported back here?

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Action

April 30, 1987: I see that now. It is what I must do. I feel frustrated and less than because things have not turned out the way I wanted them to. My Tia and I live in a very modest way. It is way too modest. I want to see some abundance, some show of nicer things coming towards us. It'd be great if we could enjoy ourselves.