Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, set in a small coastal tourist town in Mexico, a story of dignity despite poverty, of love and anger. 'Puerto Rican and Midwestern by heritage' the author spent much of her youth in Mexico and El Salvador and she knows and appreciates the people of whom she writes. Dustjacket praise from Rudolfo Anaya, Denise Chavez and Tim O'Brien. ISBN: 1-56689-011x.