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Carlos Montoya follows a World War I veteran and family patriarch wandering the llano of New Mexico and Colorado, haunted by ghosts and struggling toward spiritual and familial unity.
As the Six-Armed Cross at La Garita points toward a single center, the Montoya family legacy gathers incompatibility, intimacy, and multiple realities—both sensible and mystical. Across three generations, the family must come to terms with what it means to be broken by lies, and by truth.
Awards
2024 Latino Book Award — Finalist — Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book
2024 Mayor’s Award for the Arts — Individual Literary Artist
Edition Details
$38.00
Praise
What Readers and Reviewers Are Saying
“This story of a complicated man makes for compelling reading.”
— Kirkus Indie Reviews
“Epic novel…an introspective patriarch visits his flaws upon his family in the musing, multigenerational Carlos Montoya…”
— Foreword Reviews
“Beautiful—cinematic yet intimate. I love how the book moves in ripples out from the man to wider context of history and family experience. Each chapter opens the door onto a whole other court of memory.”
— Jennifer C. Cornell, author of Departures
“Chronicler of hard and valuable lives. This is a career to watch.”
— Tracy Daugherty, author of One Day the Wind Changed
“Thank you very very much for writing this. I’m a writer too, and at my age now I’m ready to be more honest about my family’s many issues. Keep going.”
— Cristina Montoya
From the Inside Flap
Carlos Montoya
World War I veteran and family patriarch Carlos Montoya wanders the llano of New Mexico and Colorado, tormented by ghosts and struggling to achieve spiritual and familial unity. Just as the arms of the Six-Armed Cross at La Garita, Colorado, point toward a single center, the Montoya family legacy brings together the additional arms of incompatibility, intimacy, and multiple realities—both sensible and mystical.
Three generations must come to terms with what it means for a family to be broken by lies—and by truth.