{"product_id":"2940013298972","title":"Fragile Creatures","description":"“…I came here to become ordained. Not to become someone else’s gossip. I don’t think that…what we do is appropriate. I mean…I just don’t. I do not want to be sent back. I will not go back to being one of too, too many priests in Spain. There is no future there. Here, a priest can advance in his profession. I only have a few years more. It’s my plan. It’s what I want. And I plan to follow the rules to do so.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Juan Maria Echevarria Moore, the protagonist from my new novel entitled Fragile Creatures, utters these words when confronted by a threat to his plans for ordination in the United States. The novel is about Juan Maria, a Roman Catholic seminarian from Spain, continuing his studies in a seminary in New York. Even though he plans to become a priest in the United States, there is a bump in the road when he meets a quirky Mexican seminarian nicknamed ‘Lorca’. They quickly become close friends, but eventually Juan Maria cuts off relations with Lorca for fear he’ll be sent home when the friendship becomes something more. Will Juan Maria become ordained and find happiness in his chosen career, or will he need to abandon the priesthood to obtain true joy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     This story challenges the traditional notions of religious commandments, sacrifice and the very nature of God and love. After reading this book, you may never see your priest or your creator the same way again.","brand":"www.authorlmgil.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082596335856,"sku":"2940013298972","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013298972_p0.jpg?v=1763579029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013298972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}