Product Details: Condition:Very Good ISBN#: 0345381661 Copyright: 1993 Edition:Paperback Category:Fiction
Book Synopsis: A lyrical evocation of four generations of Mexican women who defy tradition to discover themselves, Cantora tells the moving and bittersweet tale of a modern Latina and her search to learn the truth of her family's past. Distanced from her heritage, Amparo is nevertheless spellbound by the triumphant and tragic histories of her grandmother, aunt, and mother -- Rosario, Pilar, and Teresita. For Amparo, the richness of their lives rings like a corrido, the traditional Spanish ballad of love and loss. As intelligent and stubborn as her foremothers, Amparo listens to the ancestral music, searching for the soul in the center of her own life, drawn back to songs and traditions she thought she had wanted to forget.
