A collection of writing from Latin American author Sandra Cisneros, and features excerpts from "The House on Mango Street," and "Carmelo;" poetry selections from "My Wicked Wicked Ways;" and seven short stories from "Woman Hollering Creek.".
Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.
A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
