![]() ![]() ![]() Reading written Tagalog has always been difficult for you, even though you’ve gotten more or less fluent with everyday speech. No one would ever mistake you for an intellectual or an aktibista most of the time, you don’t even really understand what people are saying when they talk about the news. The fear in you predates Marcos, predates dictatorships-at least, the ones that come in the shape of a single person. ![]() But for now, you don’t go to the rallies, you don’t join the student protests you go silent or change the subject when someone at your table in the canteen brings it up. It’ll take you a long time to talk about martial law, and you’ll never talk about it with anyone who lived through it with you. America Is Not the Heart is her first novel. Elaine Castillo is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley. While her aunt and uncle would rather not discuss Hero's dark past, her niece can't help but ask. ![]() Leaving behind political upheaval in the Philippines, Hero De Vera starts over in San Francisco Bay Area, working as a nanny for her uncle. The following is from Elaine Castillo's novel, America Is Not the Heart. ![]()
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