The Old Cigar Box

Luisa Yaeger, a middle-aged mother of two living in Los Angeles, assumed that she had reached the apex of her life’s difficulties when she was forced to divorce her husband due to his infidelity. She figured that she would be given time to nurse her wounds and eventually move on like it seemed that everyone else was allowed to do in such circumstances. However, the end of Luisa’s marriage signals the beginning of a new phase of her life that is rife with changes, struggles, and unexpected revelations. While most writers who take on a character who is a divorcee fashion a love-story, Cecilia Sandoval resists this trend and writes Luisa into a life-story. The Old Cigar Box is a heart-wrenching glance into the life of a woman who is dedicated to clinging to hope, finding peace and loving family no matter what transpires.