No Lack of Lonesome

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Summary: Simple Story, Profound Wisdom
Review: Because of the riveting power of the pen of author Albino Gonzales in NO LACK OF LONESOME, we are introduced to wisdom and presented with such art and simplicity, that not only children but adults will enjoy it. As autor Gonzales takes us up the mountain path with Nana and the boy, Mio, we observe the boy move from shame for his grandmother's calloused hands and apron, to pride in her wisdom and the poetry of her soul. What a joyous moment when the boy's discovery that his Nana cannot read or write, is turned to jubilation with her words, "Dios me ha dado una pluma, God has given me a pen." The boy Mio continues to explain, "She squeezed my head closer, as if putting me in her pocket and repeated, "God has given me a pen." If every family were to share this book, reading and discussing it together, family unity would grow. Certainly, every school library should own at least one copy of NO LACK OF LONESOME, for seldom do we find a book with such a capacity to teach, which also offers such enjoyment that the reader does not wish to put it down.