Orange wine

while i was giving birth to lucy, my husband, alessandro, was lying in bed with my sister isabel. and thus, inés camargo--the youngest daughter of an italian nobleman and a colombian poet--begins to speak in a bitter, sweet voice. against the backdrop of early twentieth-century colombia, where the catholic church exercises total control over women, orange wine weaves an unforgettable story of sisterhood, love, passion, and betrayal. isolated in a society that opposes her desires, inés struggles with her identity as a mother, artist, sister, lover, and woman. her choices are stark: accept her duty to her family or embark on a sensuous journey of self-discovery. each path will cost her--or those she loves--something dear. mirroring the alchemical process of turning oranges into wine, inés must create a new life from a bitter pith, pressing sweetness from life's agonies as she struggles toward artistic freedom and feminine awakening.