With illustrations by Beatriz Vidal,. Spanish edition with translation by Liliana Valenzuela. See this book on Amazon. Or you may be able to get an. Autographed copy at Vermont Book Shop. For the splendid illustrations which help make my story more than it could be all by its lonely self in black and white print! .

You may be familiar with my novels, especially, How The García Girls Lost Their Accents. And In the Time of the Butterflies. Which was made into a movie. Produced by and starring Salma Hayek, with Marc Anthony and Edward James Olmos. He handles all the book biz matters, which saves me time so I can write my next book.

The seed for the novel came when I got involved translating at local schools for the children of Mexican migrant workers who have now made their way up to Vermont. Listen on Vermont Public Radio.

First off, where do I get off naming my novel, Saving the World. This novel is about two women, one contemporary and one historical, who want desperately for this rhyme to happen. The historical story I came upon while doing research for my novel In the Name of Salomé.