First Confession

By Montserrat Fontes and Cleo Qian

Mexican-American writer Fontes tells a startling tale of the clashes between men and women, rich and poor, Mexican and American in this dark story of life just south of the Texas border. Two spoiled children, the willful Andrea and her cousin Victor, take up spying and stealing when they discover where the town hooker hides her money. Their theft tragically unleashes a series of events, among them murder and suicide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393308472
• ISBN13: 9780393308471
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

First Confession

I am a high school student and was given this book to read for school. At first I thought that it would just be an average book... but it turned out to be the best book that I have ever read. For many reasons: I could really realate to it, I have met the author, and it seemed to make a lot of sence. I would just like to thank the author so much, she has inspired me to write a boo. i really think that everybody should read this book.

Fontes has created a compelling page turner.

Readers will have a tough time putting this one down at the end of the night. Each chapter begs to be read and explored. This author has created a gripping story with depth and charged emotions. Andrea and Victor still linger in my mind. Read this book. It is incredible! I came upon it by chance so take one and pick this up.

inspirational

This was one of the most surprising stories I have ever read. Most fiction stories based on non-fictional lives are quite trite and unmoving. This captures it all. Society, the gender gap, the ever changing world, new and old conflicts, and religious strugle. I fully recomend this novel.

The secret lives of children revealed on the Tex-Mex border.

Fontes writes a novel about eight year old Andrea Durcal who learns the secret world of adults by living her own secret world. With her soulmate Victor, they explore the hell-like reality of the Rio Grande and discover how one step on the wrong path leads to unforseeable consequences.