Secrets of Forbidden Love

Secrets of Forbidden Love: My True
Life Story chronicles the improbable
love story of Cándida and Father
Andrew and their struggle to be true
to themselves in the face of immense
cultural and religious scandal. It is
a moving story that documents the
daily choice that each of us must
make: Either to live a life that honors
the truth of who we are or to live
other people's lives and expectations.
This story is about the former and
the intense joy and suffering that
accompanies this choice.
This book is also about the emotional and spiritual maturation of
Cándida as she survives child abuse, discrimination, and sexism.
Cándida discovers that she is more than a peasant girl from the
remote village of Las Limas, Honduras. She discovers an inner
strength that forces her not only to survive but even to thrive in
the most horrifi c circumstances.
Most importantly, this book is about the power of love and
forgiveness. Cándida does not allow her pain and sorrow to
harden her heart but she allows it to transform her. Rather
than developing a heart of stone, she embraces a heart of great
compassion.
In the tradition of famous Spanish authors, such as Gabriel García
Márquez, Secrets of Forbidden Love explores the nature of true
love. However, unlike Márquez, love is not found "in the time of
Cholera" but in the dreams of a poor peasant girl who found out
that she was much more than she ever imagined.