The Ladies of Managua, takes readers to the lush location of Nicaragua, as three generations of Nicaraguan women have a secret to conceal.

Brought together to bid farewell to their loving patriarch, these strong-minded ladies are ultimately forced to confront their pasts and their fraught relationships with one another and their homeland. 

From the lush, exotic beauty of Nicaragua and its revolutionary history, to the steamy, straitlaced streets of 1950s high society New Orleans, author and Harvard-trained folklorist Eleni Gage creates an epic saga of turbulent times that shape the lives of one family.

To learn more: The Ladies of Managua: A Novel