Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart

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Deborah Santana is best known for her marriage to music icon Carlos Santana–a thirty-year bond that endures to this day. But as a girl growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s, daughter of a white mother and a black father–the legendary blues guitarist Saunders King–her life was charged with its own drama long before she married.

In this beautiful, haunting memoir, Deborah Santana shares for the first time her early experiences with racial intolerance, her romantic involvement with musician Sly Stone and the suffering she endured in that relationship, and her adventures in the freewheeling 1960s. Yet it is her spiritual awakening that is the core of this story. The civil rights movement was the foundation of her growth, the Woodstock era the backdrop of her love with Carlos. The couple was drawn indelibly together by a search for truth and spirituality, but while yearning to be filled with God’s light, they were pulled dangerously toward a manipulative cult. They eventually disengage themselves from the guru and reclaim control of their lives, putting their love for each other before the cult’s increasingly strenuous demands.

Space Between the Stars is a moving account of self-discovery, rendered in raw, beautiful prose, by a woman whose heart has remained pure even in times of despair. As Deborah Santana talks frankly about her lifelong fight against racial injustice and her deep-seated loyalty to her family, ultimately it is the struggle to remain a spiritual and artistic force in her own right, in the shadow of one of the world’s most revered musicians, that shines through as her most indomitable pursuit.

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Donovan Stole
August 17, 2017
Amazing read. Incredibly poetic and empowering. Not just for women. And not just for women of mixed race. But for our beautiful human race. And that sincerely means something to me. Especially considering that I found this incredibly inspiring book while I was in jail. And I was not in a good spot at all mentally, physically, emotionally...but above all, I was in a very bad place spiritually. With Deborah's words I was inclined to get back into my humble prayer and meditation regiment. And through her beautiful insight & imagery, I was able to find sure footing again. Even in the depths of despair. Her voice inspired me to even start writing original music again...while incarcerated. As a musician, I can not thank her and Carlos enough for that alone. They're story literally changed my life for the better. And now I'm happy and very grateful to say that I am 15 months clean and sober. I'm teaching music again and producing my own rock opera about addiction and recovery (it's called Adolescence [Adult Lessons]) and I've reconnected with and repaired the very broken and burned bridges between my close family and friends through my amends. I love this awe inspiring book and my words will in all humility never be able to do my gratitude justice. Thank you, Deborah Santana. Your very unique perspective and life lessons exalted me and quite literally changed my life. With peace & love...namaste... Donovan Stole
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About the author

DEBORAH SANTANA is vice president and COO of the New Santana Band, Inc., and has been managing the Santana Band full-time with her husband of three decades, the Grammy-winning musician Carlos Santana, since 1994. She is also vice president of the Milagro Foundation, which was started by the Santana family and which has given almost $2 million to charities and agencies that support children and youth in the areas of health, education, and the arts. In 2000 she received the UCLA César E. Chávez Spirit Award, which honors individuals who have continued to pursue Chávez’s vision of social justice. In 2004 she received a “Women of Distinction” Award from the Marin Soroptimist organization for her work with the Milagro Foundation. Deborah and Carlos Santana live in San Rafael, California, with their three children.

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