"Incandescent!"
"Timeless!"
"A personal story of love, heartbreak, betrayal, and survival. An unforgettable tale."
Where The Sampaguita Grows
follows three generations of the Villanueva-Alarcon family from their provincial roots in The Philippines to the United States. Told through the eyes of their second son Luis, the story centers on the family's dubious relationship to their domestic, a poor, illiterate young woman named Soledad who, as time passes, is 'gifted' to each new generation of the family.
In his eighth unforgettable novel, Paul Koppisch portrays a family's struggle with the moral issues surrounding a dark secret they've been hiding in plain sight for almost one hundred years.