Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted.
A collection of five short stories and one novella in which Nicholasa Mohr portrays women who use their courage, strength, and wit to prevail over difficult circumstances.
Contains a novella and over ten short fiction stories that tell of the lives and dreams of the residents of the Puerto Rican neighborhood of El Bronx in the years between 1946 and 1956.
