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1 online resource : color illustrations, maps |
| Summary |
Nena leaves Laredo, Texas, and moves to Madrid, Spain, to research the historical roots of traditional fiestas in Laredo. Immersing herself in post-Franco Spain and its rich history, its food, music, and fiestas, Nena finds herself falling for Paco, a Spaniard who works in publishing. Nena's research and experiences teach her about who she is, where she comes from, and what is important to her, but as her work comes to a close, Nena must decide where she can best be true to her entire self: in Spain with Paco or in Laredo, her home, where her job and family await her return. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Las Cabañuelas -- ¡Gracias! -- Prologue -- Part I Época de desamor -- Fiestas de enero -- Reyes Magos -- Roomies -- Morning Ritual -- Raros e incunables -- Happy Birthday -- El trajín -- Febrero loco . . . -- La Endiablada y Nuestra Señora de las Candelas in Almonacid -- Santa Águeda in Zamarramala -- Part II La fuerza del destino -- La fuerza del destino -- Madrid, Madrid, Madrid . . . -- Non, je ne regrette rien -- . . . Marzo otro poco -- Valencia's Falles y Ninots -- El Retiro -- Spring Fever -- Chinese Test -- Walking. Talking. Reading. Sewing. -- Friday Ritual -- Public Displays -- Segovia -- Asturias y Tejas -- Maíz -- Part III Jugar con fuego -- Board Games -- Alcoy's Moros y cristianos -- Washington Irving Cultural Center -- Semana Santa in Cuenca -- El día de la coneja -- Immigrants -- Caravaca de la Cruz -- Cuentos -- The Cruelest Month -- Lhardy's -- Biblioteca Nacional -- Reminders of Home -- Miércoles de tertulia -- April in Paris -- Recuerdos y lágrimas -- Part IV La Cruz de mayo -- La Cruz de mayo -- Sonny in Pamplona -- Lumbier and the Holy Cross -- The Power of Faith -- María Izquierdo -- Of Stars and Santa Teresa -- Ávila -- Atienza y la Caballada -- Tomás and Maru -- Erasure -- Corpus Christi in Toledo -- Camuñas-Pecados y danzantes -- Books and Writing -- Músicas -- Of Gypsies and Orange Blossoms -- Peña de la Platería -- Regalitos -- San Fermines-Running of the Bulls -- Pilgrimage to Santiago -- Adiós in Madrid -- Time to Go Home -- Como golondrina -- Homecoming -- Part V Epilogue -- New Orleans, 1981 -- Madrid, 2000. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mexican American families -- Fiction.
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Mexican American families |
| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction
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Fiction
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Romance fiction
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Love stories.
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Domestic fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cantú, Norma E., 1947- Cabañuelas. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019 9780826360625 (DLC) 2018051012 |
| ISBN |
9780826360625 electronic book |
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0826360629 electronic book |
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9780826360618 paperback alkaline paper |
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