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WELCOME TO MY SITE... The Panama Girl is a Novelette about the life of a little Girl named "Clarissa." It is based on her real life & character, set within fictional frame. Series One: "A child is born into the world; while death lingers..." It begins in the jungle farmlands of Panama in 1915 at the time of the building of the Panama Canal, outbreak of Malaria (Yellow Fever), in a changing world through war. Series Two: The struggle continues for this native Panamanian, beginning with her own small tight knit village, she travels from Panama to Key West, Florida.The years fly by for the little Panama Girl. With the mysterious death of Violetta, the other children slowly moving away, Mama' is getting older, and doesn't know what lies ahead; they might lose the farm. Clarissa is exposed to the life of the Saint Mary Convent Nuns through a boarding school & Orphanage in Key West, where she planned to take her vows to become a nun. But as fate would have it, she finds herself in thick of multicultural America. Through betrayal, she is forced to live with a man she's never met, and sent to a place she's never been.*Available Now in Kindle...$2.99*Printed Book.................$7.99Author: Bonita C Mariano graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Religion & Christian Counseling from Liberty University of Va in 2016 and is working on her Master's Degree.Dedicated to my Godmother and Grandmother "Clarissa.""The Panama Girl... A Novelette Part One" "The Panama Girl...A Novelette Part Two"Coming Soon..."The Panama Girl...A NovelAll Rights Reserved (c) 2012-2016 Bonita C Mariano Now Available on: Amazon Kindle