Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me

Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me by Mapa, Lorina. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781772620115.

When she learns of her beloved fathers fatal car accident, Mapa flies to Manila to attend his funeral. His sudden death sparks childhood memories. Weaving the past with the present, Mapa entertains with stories about religion, pop culture, adolescence, social class and politics, including her experiences of the 1986 People Power Revolution which made headlines around the world. It is a love letter to her parents, family, friends, country of birth, and in the end, perhaps even to herself. From the author: "The ebook is an update on the 2017 publication. For quite some time now I had been wanting to rework certain panels and text in the section on religion. The older I get the more I realize how little I know, no longer feeling the need to express strong opinions on subjects of which I have no experience, such as other cultures and religions. At the time I thought my observations would be regarded as tongue-in-cheek, but some panels and phrasing were perhaps insensitive given the global events of recent years. I dont want my views from over a decade ago to add any fuel to the fires of religious intolerance, however unintentional. Nothing I can do unfortunately about the printed books that are out there."