The Fire Beneath (Tales of Gold) by Almira Astudillo Gilles THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES

The Fire Beneath (Tales of Gold) by Almira Astudillo Gilles THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIESOut of print title. A powerful and insightful new novel from award winning Filipino American author, Almira Astudillo Gilles. Inspired by a true event , the novel tells the story of a poor bulldozer operator who unearths gold artifacts during a construction project. Much more than the familiar narrative of unexpected fortune and perilous descent, this is an exploration of discovery and concealment, greed and generosity, secularization and

a life of anonymity

Oliver de la Paz

It covers a wide range of topics that includes archaeology

Filipino Americans are projected to become the largest Asian American population by 2010

and by Sikatuna

A truly healing addition to the grief community

Excerpt from A Foretaste:"Novel are these 'random recollections' because the innocents abroad who chronicle their misadventures in the Philippines are usually Gringo

and discovers the country has become immersed in corruption

which included her own four-year-old son as well as the infant daughter

have four children: Jill Anne

ISBN: 978-971-945010-8

In Southern Philippines