Francisco el Penitente is the seventh son of an oldest son whose youngest brother Pedro is a santero. Although he is not the seventh son of a seventh son, Francisco was told by his third-grade teacher that God writes straight in crooked letters, and settles for the idea that the gift for making santos was passed by God in a crooked line to him from his tío (uncle) Pedro.
Francisco's mother and baby sister died of smallpox when he was six, and he was raised by dona Felicia until he was old enough to come back and help his father with the farm. Having fought in and returned from Vietnam, where he was trained as a mechanic, Francisco had a brief affair with a golden-haired woman who inspired him to enroll in college. However,.....
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