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Where do we come from? Four small, great stories, so simple and intricate, like the four directions of the conquered Mesoamerican universe, New Spain thereafter, and Mexico nowadays, make up this rich story. In it, our ancestors -black slaves, Spanish adventurers, local Indians, and a healer from the Ming Dynasty in China- build the framework shaping the identity of the territory that we now call Mexico. Four characters with strong personalities and different stories that occasionally intersect, ""For the Waters are Come"" tries to hold on to their wanderings, desires, and misadventures, converging in the Great Flood of 1629. The power of its waves will alter their lives and ours, for we stand on the backs of our ancestors. The new established order will fight the memory of what it used to be until they find a way to reconcile with it and with themselves. Follow these brave explorers and survivors on a voyage that crosses oceans and continents, until they make peace with a future none of them could have ever imagined.

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""A novel that combines both the thorough archival research carried out by the writer with her experience as an immigrant. This historical fiction is the finest result of her passion and her training and experience as a Historian."" --Ph.D. Alma Montero, Doctor in Latin American Studies, Member of Conacyt, (Mexico National System of Researchers), Historical Research Coordinator, National Museum of Viceroyalty, and author. ""The sensitivity of the author takes us with the magic of her words to reflect on our History; to think about our actions, confronted with the ways we address and treat those who are the least favored by life. The charm of her voice as an author transports us to look at what happened in our beloved Mexico. Seeing through her eyes, we get to feel their souls. That is the spell that this book casts."" --Dr. Yolanda Montoya, Registered Clinical Counselor and member of the BC Association of Clinical Counselors ""A story that includes the emotional growth of the author through her own experience. An account of ordinary people who prove how acceptance leads to liberation and how grace can not touch an individual until his mind has been prepared for it"". --Gerardo Flores Gil, Therapist ""The history of slavery in the United States is well-documented, with Roots at the front of the tide of cultural consciousness. Rosa Elena Rojas has written an affecting history of slavery in Mexico, detailing how much of that country's history is attributed to people stolen from their homelands and forced to relocate across an ocean. I was drawn into the humanity of her characters and learned reams of information without even realizing it."" --Gailyc Sonia Braunstein, Writer & Editor

A novel that combines both the thorough archival research carried out by the writer with her experience as an immigrant. This historical fiction is the finest result of her passion and her training and experience as a Historian. --Ph.D. Alma Montero, Doctor in Latin American Studies, Member of Conacyt, (Mexico National System of Researchers), Historical Research Coordinator, National Museum of Viceroyalty, and author. The sensitivity of the author takes us with the magic of her words to reflect on our History; to think about our actions, confronted with the ways we address and treat those who are the least favored by life. The charm of her voice as an author transports us to look at what happened in our beloved Mexico. Seeing through her eyes, we get to feel their souls. That is the spell that this book casts. --Dr. Yolanda Montoya, Registered Clinical Counselor and member of the BC Association of Clinical Counselors A story that includes the emotional growth of the author through her own experience. An account of ordinary people who prove how acceptance leads to liberation and how grace can not touch an individual until his mind has been prepared for it. --Gerardo Flores Gil, Therapist The history of slavery in the United States is well-documented, with Roots at the front of the tide of cultural consciousness. Rosa Elena Rojas has written an affecting history of slavery in Mexico, detailing how much of that country's history is attributed to people stolen from their homelands and forced to relocate across an ocean. I was drawn into the humanity of her characters and learned reams of information without even realizing it. --Gailyc Sonia Braunstein, Writer & Editor

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