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Biography
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A daring memoir of love, magic, adventure, and miracles, Victor Villaseñor's Thirteen Senses continues the exhilarating family saga that began in the widely acclaimed bestseller Rain of Gold, delivering a stunning story of passion, family, and the forgotten mystical senses that stir within us all.
Thirteen Senses begins with the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the aging former bootlegger Salvador and his elegant wife, Lupe. When asked by a young priest to repeat the sacred ceremonial phrase "to honor and obey," Lupe surprises herself and says. "No, I will not say 'obey'. How dare you! You don't talk to me like this after fifty years of marriage and I now knowing what I know!" After the hilarious shock of Lupe's rejection of the ceremony, the Villaseñor family is forced to examine the love that Lupe and Salvador have shared for so many years -- a universal, gut-honest love that will eventually energize and inspire the couple into old age.
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Award-winning author Victor Villaseñor to speak at CSUSB April 20
Acclaimed author Victor Villaseñor will be the featured speaker at a Cal State San Bernardino event presented by the university’s Institute for Child Development and Family Relations.
Villaseñor, who is known for his bestselling book, “Rain of Gold,” and other works, will appear at CSUSB on Wednesday, April 20, at noon at the Santos Manuel Student Union AB. The program, offered in-person socially distanced as well as virtually, is free and open to the public.
Reservations for in-person are limited and may be made online on the program’s Eventbrite webpage.
To register for the virtual presentation through Zoom, go to the Victor Villaseñor Webinar Registration webpage.
Villaseñor speaks as vividly as he writes. In his candid and heartfelt manner, he will tell you why he recorded his family’s history in the “Rain of Gold” trilogy and how personal family histories empower us, as he speaks about the strength of women, pride of heritage, the importance of perseverance, education, and personal achievement.
His dreams of becoming a great writer never faltered. After encountering language and cultural barriers, dyslexia, dropping out of high school and countless rejections, he has become an award-winning and p