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Book Summary
Hope and Fortune is a modern-day fairytale,
featuring multicultural, multiracial (e.g., Filipina, African-American, Latina,
Asian, Muslim, etc.), multigenerational, and multigender (including a boy)
fairies of different shapes and sizes who help a sad little child who has lost
her way to find her path. Each fairy
represents an ideal - Hope, Innocence and Wonder, Truth and Virtue, Generosity
and Kindness, Strength and Courage, Respect and Dignity, Confidence,
Imagination, Happiness, Beauty, Wisdom and Intelligence, and Love and
Friendship. Although the protagonist is a little girl, the life advice given by
the fairies is non-gender-specific and could resonate with anyone facing a
difficult situation at any point in her/his/their life.
Publisher:
Black Rose Writing
ISBN-10:
1685131174
ISBN-12:
978-1685131174
Print
copy pages: 46 pages
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About the Author
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A
first-generation immigrant to the U.S. from the Philippines, Marissa Bañez is a
graduate of Princeton University and a lawyer licensed to practice in New York,
California, and New Jersey. She has published legal articles for the
prestigious New York Law Journal and the American Bar Association, but her true
passion is in her children's stories. She currently lives in New York City with
her husband and daughter, whose childhood was filled with many original stories
and puppet shows made up entirely by her mom. In her free time, Marissa likes
to travel, design and make clothes, cook, binge-watch Star Trek shows and
Korean dramas, and occasionally strum a guitar.
She
is currently working on her second book, Hues
and Harmony (How the Singing Rainbow Butterfly Got Her Colors), a story
about mixed or multiracial children, self-discovery, and respect for others as
told through the life and adventures of a caterpillar. It is scheduled for
publication on July 20, 2023.
You
can find her online:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/marissa.banez.7/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-banez/
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