She has inherited the strength and the courage of her foremothers - and she will have to summon everything they have given her to banish La Llorona forever. And she will not leave until Alejandra follows her mother, her grandmother, and all of the women who came before her, into the darkness.īut Alejandra has inherited more than just pain.

She is La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican legend. And as she goes deeper into the lives of the women in her family, she learns that heartbreak and tragedy are not the only things she has in common with her ancestors.īecause the crying woman was with them, too. When Alejandra visits a therapist she begins exploring her family's history, beginning with the biological mother she never knew. Nor can they see what Alejandra sees. In times of despair, a ghostly vision appears to her, the apparition of a crying woman in a ragged white gown. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. To her husband she is a wife, and to her children a mother. She has inherited the strength and the courage of her foremothers-and she will have to summon everything they have given her to banish La Llorona forever.A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this ravishing and provocative literary horror novel about motherhood, family legacy, and self-discovery.Īlejandra no longer knows who she is. And she will not leave until Alejandra follows her grandmother, and all the women who came before her into the darkness.īut Alejandra has inherited more than just pain.

She’s a wife to her husband, a mother to her children, a daughter to her mother. Alejandra doesn’t know who she is anymore. She is La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican legend. Castro 2 weeks ago 3 mins to read With her latest, Castro takes on the curse of La Llorona with a tragic and heartbreaking tale of a woman struggling with her own personal darkness. As she goes deeper into the lives of the women in her family, she learns that heartbreak and tragedy are not the only things she has in common with her ancestors.īecause the crying woman was with them, too.

To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. When Alejandra visits a therapist, she begins exploring her family's history, starting with the biological mother she only recently rediscovered. A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this ravishing and provocative literary horror novel about motherhood, family legacy, and self-discovery. In times of despair, a ghostly vision appears to her, the apparition of a crying woman in a ragged white gown. The story of a woman haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel from the author of Alien: Vasquez.Īlejandra no longer knows who she is.

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro