The Silver is about a Mexican woman who imigrated to the United States at a very young age when her husband was killed in a silver mine cave-in. The whole book is based in Harrisburg Pa. (my home town) They say write about what you know so I did. You will get to know her and her US family very well. Just be prepared to know that there are some things that are different about this family.
This excerpt is from Chapter 1: “He told me many times that I was a formidable woman”, she thought. “He doesn’t know how formidable I can be when I want to be”, she said to herself. She saw a crack of light about twenty feet in front of her and knew she would be alright. It was very hard to breathe now and she discovered just then that she was no longer on her feet but on her knees inching forward at a snails pace. She looked up to the light and it was moving like the shimmering light of the ocean.
“It’s not in focus for some reason, but I can breathe” was her final thought before she passed into the darkness of unconsciousness.
