Tortilla Moon and Other Tales of Love
Set in both Sonora, Mexico, and Tucson, Arizona, Tortilla Moon and Other Tales of Love is a collection of very closely linked short stories. Each story is like an episode of Mexican soap opera. The unifying character is Letty, who we first meet as a pregnant 15-year-old. We follow her life and the lives of her family, friends, and lovers until the birth of her first grandchild.
Tortilla Moon and Other Tales of Love explores the values of the Mexican family, the ones that change as people move to El Norte and begin to assimilate, and the ones that transcend both time and place.
The stories do not progress in an exact linear manner, and each was written so that it could be read and appreciated apart from the others. When they are read in sequence, however, like a bird building a nest, one twig of information is added here and another there.
When the last twig is in place, a larger theme and story is revealed. Although love in various forms is in every story, forgiveness, revenge, and redemption are also central themes.
Tortilla Moon and Other Tales of Love is available on Amazon here.
Tortilla Moon and Other Tales of Love explores the values of the Mexican family, the ones that change as people move to El Norte and begin to assimilate, and the ones that transcend both time and place.
The stories do not progress in an exact linear manner, and each was written so that it could be read and appreciated apart from the others. When they are read in sequence, however, like a bird building a nest, one twig of information is added here and another there.
When the last twig is in place, a larger theme and story is revealed. Although love in various forms is in every story, forgiveness, revenge, and redemption are also central themes.
Tortilla Moon and Other Tales of Love is available on Amazon here.