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by Jesusa Lucas-Lindow (Author), Soledad M. Manaay Ph. D. (With)
Her strict parents raised her to become God-fearing and respectable. She defies them when she applies for a job as a modern comfort woman for Japanese men in Japan. Before she is shipped to Japan, she falls in love and decides to stay for her beloved's sake. What follows is Jesusa's trek to a prohibited love zone where pain and only short-term joy reigns. Fortunately, generous relatives help her, and her kids, escape to America to begin a new life. In her desire to reach financial success, she takes on three jobs and also begins a career in the real estate and mortgage industries. After tasting success, she finds herself living life on edge. But soon, her foray in the high stakes game of real estate wheel and deal peaks unpleasantly. Financial ruin looms ahead. Jesusa's innate goodness perseveres, and she makes it her mission to alter her career practice. As part of her redemption, Jesusa attempts to regain her authentic self and her spirituality. She also begins her philanthropic work. Jesusa's life takes a beautiful turn when she meets, through Match.Com, the handsome, charming, and successful engineer, Richard Lindow. With him, Jesusa finds unparalleled love, the kind that makes her feel everything will turn out alright. No one else has made her feel this heavenly feeling, and she wants to make it permanent. But does he want her as much as she wants him? To her dismay, he tells her he is not ready for a committed relationship. Her feelings for him remain strong even after he rejects her. It is Richard's name her heart cries out when the equally handsome and multi-millionaire Henry proposes marriage to her. Jesusa's fairy tale life and love story is a must read.
