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MOUNT PINATUBO
Mount Pinatubo's eruption in 1991 drastically changed the lives of the main characters.
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While Mary's mother is visiting her native country--the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts after 600 years of inactivity. When she returns to the States, she shocks her children when she declares that she has forgiven her deceased husband for all his extra-marital affairs, and for fathering illegitimate children. The most shocking news of all is her announcement that she has forgiven those who had murdered her husband. Mary makes a trip back to the Philippines to find out what caused these drastic changes in her mother's attitude and behavior. What she discovers is a box of Pandora full of unwelcome revelations, including the truth about herself. She meets William, a vulcanologist with the U.S.G.S., during her flight to Manila. Sharing the same passion for volcanoes with William, she feels an immediate attraction toward him. To complicate matters of the heart, she reunites with Diosdado--a childhood sweetheart, and an old feeling is rekindled between them. Trapped in a damaged marriage that she has been trying to repair, Mary must decide her future in love and romance.
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PINATUBO Ch.1--ENIGMA  [E]   8.3 KB
Mary's mother delivers a stunning revelation when she returned after Pinatubo's eruption..

PINATUBO Ch.2-William, the Vulcanologist  [E]   14.3 KB
Mary meets William, a USGS vulcanologist who monitors Pinatubo's seismic activities

 PINATUBO: Ch.3 William and Mary  [E]   18.1 KB
(Added Sep. 2009) Sparks fly between William and Mary.

PINATUBO Ch.4--The Homecoming  [E]   20.5 KB
Mary and brother Johnny discuss the devastating effects of Mt. Pinatubo's eruption.

PINATUBO Ch.5 -- Mount Pinatubo's Wrath  [E]   21.5 KB
Mary and her sibling exchange stories about Mt. Pinatubo's cataclysmic eruptions.

PINATUBO Ch.6-- The Legend Of "Baby"  [E]   7.3 KB
Mary narrates the "Legend of Baby -- the Girl with seven names and seven godparents"

PINATUBO Ch.7--Life Encapsulated In Pict  [E]   13.4 KB
Mary walks down memory lanes by viewing old photographs stored in Malia's attic.

PINATUBO Ch.8--Oh My Papa  [13+]   13.6 KB
Flashback: The day Mary's father was found murdered. .

PINATUBO Ch.9--The Leiutenant  [13+]   21.6 KB
Mary helps LT in the investigation, falls in love, gets her first kiss and a broken heart.

PINATUBO Ch.10-Land Pinatubo Devoured  [E]   15.6 KB
Mary visits Bacolor-- the town hardest hit by Mount Pinatubo's eruptions

PINATUBO Ch.11-Walking Furniture Stores  [E]   6.7 KB
How enterprising Filipinos sell anything they could carry on their backs to survive

PINATUBO Ch.12-Diosdado--Lion of Pampang  [E]   23.0 KB
Mary meets with childhood sweetheart and reminisce about their past

PINATUBO Ch.13 - Stoning A Girl  [E]   18.7 KB
Mary hears a shocking revelation about a girl being stoned by other kids in school.

PINATUBO Ch.14 Pandora’s Box  [E]   19.2 KB
Mary's sisters reveal the truths about their father's other women and children.. .

PINATUBO Ch.15 House My Father Built  [E]   13.3 KB
Mary visits the old family house that may have been totally destroyed by Mt. Pinatubo

PINATUBO Ch.16 Conversation with Father  [E]   4.7 KB
Exhausted from all the emotions of discoveries, Mary dreams of her father

PINATUBO Ch.17 Artist Searching For Muse  [E]   11.8 KB
Mary has problems finding her painting muse. Her siblings see a face on canvas.

PINATUBO Ch.18 The Portrait Painting  [E]   14.0 KB
Mary finishes her mother's portrait painting and discovers an epiphany.

PINATUBO Ch.19 The Artists' Secrets  [E]   4.4 KB
How some artists immortalize themselves through their paintings.