{"id":19272,"date":"2024-10-12T23:29:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T03:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=19272"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:11:45","slug":"clarissa-trinidad-gonzalez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/clarissa-trinidad-gonzalez\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez was born in the Philippines and now lives in Toronto where she works as a communications specialist. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Celestina’s House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: Rare Machines, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes\u2019s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long-forsaken property in Manila\u2019s bohemian district, close to where ladies of the evening ply their trade. It is no place for a proper young woman, but this house, even with its ghosts, makes Celestina feel at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celestina tears into life, losing herself in the pleasures of the night, but soon finds that the emptiness within her is not easily filled. When finally a true chance at happiness promises to save her, a sinister voice from the past returns, threatening to destroy it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, Literary Fiction Category (Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publisher Rare Machines<\/a>, an imprint of Dundurn Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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