ASIN: B007DL2ZH0
Publisher: ; 1st edition (January 24, 2012)
Pages: 322
REQUIEM is a harrowing account of the struggle for perseverance against all odds. Fredy Espinoza is sixteen when his paranoid schizophrenic mother first attempts to murder him. As her delusion of the devil desiring her children's souls sets root in her mind, Fredy’s extremely religious and pious relatives attempt to exorcise the house from the devil. Meanwhile, Fredy's father throws himself into work, leaving Fredy to protect himself and his siblings from their mother's worsening psychotic breakdowns. And a costly betrayal forces Fredy with the difficult choice to turn to the streets in search of finding a home of his own. It is a tale of physical and sexual abuse, familial violence, and self-destructive choices well into his young adulthood.
