Reine Bautista Mercado: 3 books

Can you imagine a world before patriarchy? This short story portrays a world during the pre-colonial times in the Philippines in which men and women shared equal standing in society and ruled the people with equal power as the male chieftain of the village led the people together with the babaylan,...

Did she commit a crime or did she simply deliver justice? This short story depicts one of Miss Felie's cases involving a battered woman in the Philippines, the only country in the world in which divorce is still not legal, yet it is the women there who suffer the most from abusive marriages. Read...

Why do women stay for so long? Discover the complexities of a mental illness that very few people understand. Set in the Philippines, the only country in the world in which divorce is still not legal and the Catholic faith is strong, this Filipino best-selling novel delves into the intricacies...