Painting the Dead

Abstract

In the small town of Juan, Texas, eight residents struggle with tradition versus progress over the course of a story that begins and ends with murder. A few of them are Corine and Lola Espinosa--sisters who are abandon in Juan while their mother pursues love; Daniel Wilton--nearly an orphan, he resists the constricting traditions of Juan; Felipe Chavez, son of Mike Chavez, the sheriff, struggles with loving a woman who wants nothing more than to live somewhere else than Juan; Mike Chavez is a complicated man who carries the love of two women; and Grace, along with a few other business owners, are also a part of the power struggle with the respected Maria Espinosa, Corine's and Lola's grandmother, who wants to honor traditions above all else. This, in essence, is Juan.