In The Typhoon's Eye is a story of childhood and growing up amidst struggle, sacrifice, and concession to a stringent reality while keeping the dreams of youth alive. The imagery of Sandig hill with its vast greenery and lush ambiance shaped the perspective of the author as a young artist. Readers will share her personal journey in nostalgic local colors that are rendered by the sound of the church bells tolling, waking up the lazy town of Ocampo, the solemn procession on Easter, the crowded Sunday market, and the seductive scents of native delicacies sold on the streets. Alcohol and post-traumatic stress disorder clouded the expression of parental love, resulting in the severe upbringing of the author and her siblings. Chavez-Bernstein has crafted her coming-of-age tale in a profoundly insightful prose. This story is rich in pathos that can grip your heart with truthful tales of human interest. Love at first sight was as real as the disrupted lives in her parents' generation during the Second World War, which blossomed again among those born in the following generation. In The Typhoon's Eye is a memoir portraying the author's young life and her courageous treatment of life's adversities. Her perseverance, passion, relentless faith, and unbreakable love of family highlight this poignant story.

In the Typhoon's Eye: A Story of Childhood and Leaving Home follows Bles Chavez-Bernstein's personal development, written from the perspective of the person Chavez-Bernstein was at each stage being depicted. From the author's impoverished upbringing in postwar Southeast Asia to a career as a mental health and addictions RN specialist, In the Typhoon's Eye is an immigrant story like no other, laying out how denial of self-expression, poverty, and trauma from physical and emotional abuse resulted not in dysfunction, but in strengthening of character-- the pursuit of her lifetime calling and her truest self.

In the Typhoon's Eye: A Story of Childhood and Leaving Home follows Bles Chavez-Bernstein's personal development, written from the perspective of the person Chavez-Bernstein was at each stage being depicted. From the author's impoverished upbringing in postwar Southeast Asia to a career as a mental health and addictions RN specialist, In the Typhoon's Eye is an immigrant story like no other, laying out how denial of self-expression, poverty, and trauma from physical and emotional abuse resulted not in dysfunction, but in strengthening of character-