Caramelo

A beautiful book. I love the way she wrote the early memories just how you remember things - in snippets of sounds, sites and stories. She really captured the history and feel of Mexico without getting too hung up on details. But it will make you nostalgic no matter what your background. Family is family. And all of our lives are a little like a telanovela.

This book was incredibly funny. If you happen to be from a Mexican family, or if you have ever lived in Mexico, you will find so much truth and amusement in this book. I laughed out loud several times as the characters said things that I've heard from my own family. A very well written account of the author's life, growing up as a Mexican American in Chicago, spending every summer at the "Awful Grandmothers" house in Mexico City.