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Enchanting as any epic novel, this true history of two families who fought their way north from different towns during the Mexican revolution and then had to keep fighting to make a living in a society prejudiced against them held me spellbound the whole time I was reading it.
Victor Villasenor presents this amazing history in simple language laced with gorgeous superlatives that carries the reader along in breathless anticipation. I now understand my Mexican heritage better. I now know:
-Why my maternal grandmother said, "Pancho Villa was not a hero; he was a thief!"
-Why her parents hid their daughters when the Villistas rode into their ranch in Sonora
-Why my mother has memories from Calexico and Mexicali of schoolmates' parents not letting them play with Mexican kids
-Why my grandfather was demoted from his good job at an aircraft factory in San Diego in the 1950's when a prejudiced new supervisor took over his department
- Why, after hours spent with my grandmother in my childhood, I feel so affectionate toward Our Lady of Guadalupe and so much in awe of my grandmother's seemingly mystical knowledge about life.
The other side of my family came from Ireland and Germany. Much attention is being focused on documenting the "Ellis Island" experience. "Rain of Gold" is the story of immigrants who didn't cross an ocean to get here, but whose journey was just as arduous. Bravo, Mr. Villasenor!
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