Journey of a girl raised by her grandmother in a world of spirituality and magic. An autobiographical memoir of the unbreakable bond between a granddaughter and the grandmother that raised her.
Jennese and Julie's grandmother, Gramita, is the only mother they knew growing up. Jennese recounts childhood tales of magic while being raised by Gramita, a Puerto Rican Taina Chief Priestess of Espiritismo, a religion similar to Santería.
Tragedy strikes when Jennese discovers that her elderly grandmother is being abused by her own mother. When she desperately tries to rescue her, her biological mother turns against her and Jennese is embroiled in a legal battle. Heartbroken already from the shocking betrayal of her biological mother, she uncovers the shocking secret behind her childhood. The plight to rescue her grandmother becomes an introspective journey of faith, spirituality, and ... magic.
Tragedy. Betrayal. Family Secrets.
Faith. Spirituality. Magic.
Court of law. Biblical law.
Because you shouldn't need a court order to see your grandmother.
Whether it's your Grandma, Auntie, Older Sister, Adopted Mother, Godmother, or Cousin, the woman that raised you is your Mama.
Buy this book for your Mama to let them know that you love them unconditionally because they cared for you as a child and you will in turn care for them. Let them know you are their child and the bond is unbreakable and ... magical!
Torres, Jennese Alicia: - A Native New Yorker, Jennese grew up in an entrepreneurial family. Her father owned his own bread route aka "el panadero", and her grandma owned her own botanica, a store dedicated to all things spiritual, and later sold Avon. Jennese continued the entrepreneurial family tradition and opened her own law office. As a lawyer, Jennese is licensed in New York and admitted to the United States Supreme Court, sat as Executive Board member of The Puerto Rican Bar Association, and had an opportunity to meet the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor and say to her, "Madame you're a true Diva Latina!" Jennese is also a social media enthusiast, influencer, and blogger at LaDivaLatina.com. Her blog was so successful, it was stolen from the internet via cyber-squatting. Using her legal acumen, she regained her website in record time. Through LaDivaLatina.com she has been invited as a speaker to many events, such as Latinas con Vision with New York Life and Latina leadership Forum with 100 Hispanic Women of Westchester. She has also attended Cover Girl events, New York Fashion Week, In the Heights Broadway Show, the popstar sensation Pink's concert, and she even met the iconic Jennifer Lopez. Jennese jokes that she can now rest because she has met her two role models: Jennifer Lopez and the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor! As a true serial entrepreneur she now adds author to her list of enterprises with her first book, I Am My Grandmother's Daughter, an autobiographical memoir of being raised by her grandma, a Taina high priestess, in a world of spirituality and magic. Jennese is working on her second book due to be out in December. Follow her on social media @njdivaesq and her websites: jennesetorres.com, newjerseydiva.com, and of course LaDivaLatina.com.
