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My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage

by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino · 1972

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What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican senora in nineteen-thirties provincial Monterrey? She finds herself sometimes hilariously coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. It is like stepping back a hundred years. In this vivid autobiography, Newberry Award-winning author Elizabeth Borton de Trevino brings to life her experiences with the culture and the faith of a civilization so close to the United States, but rarely appreciated or understood. This special young people s edition presents the humor and the insights of a remarkable woman and her contact with an era which is now past, but not to be forgotten. Ages 14 and up."

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childrensyoung adult
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medium · 228 pages

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