About This Book
The story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a Jicarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomas, she raised to adulthood unfolds in the barrio of Taos, New Mexico—a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and their white neighbors. Now deceased, Ignacia, a curandera—a medicine woman, though some say a witch—relates this tale of star-crossed lovers.
Mister and Tomas, best friends until their late teens, both fall for Rocky, a gringa of some mystery, a girl Tomas takes for himself. But in a moment of despair, a pledge between the young men leads to disaster. Police reports, witness statements, and case worker interviews draw an electrifying portrait of a troubled community and of the vulnerable players in this mounting tragedy. Set in a terrain that becomes a character in its own right, The Ghost of Milagro Creek illuminates this hidden corner of American society.
