Las cinco heridas

It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been chosen to portray Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He's preparing fervently for the role when his fifteen-year-old daughter, Angel, appears pregnant on his doorstep, disrupting his plans for personal redemption. Just weeks away from giving birth, the brave and spirited Angel has run away from her mother's house, taking her life in an unexpected direction. Vivid, tender, funny, and beautifully narrated, The Five Wounds spans the baby's first year of life, while five generations of the Padilla family converge, unforgettable characters in a miraculous debut novel.