Awarded Best Feminist Thesis in Creative Writing by the UP Center for Women's Studies(2000); Excerpt from the introduction: Here is a story replete with detail, both intimate (Modesto Enriquez's private jokes, for instance) and social...Here is a story full of lively characters who, besides having a role in the unfolding personal narrative, were major players in the larger scene, the nation dragging itself in fits and starts into the modern age, stumbling, getting up, lurching forward again. Here is a story told with disarming candor, humor, and intelligence... And though it would seem that what confronts one is simply an abundance, an outpouring, an extravagant display, this is misleading. The book isn't just a looking back. It is a taking stock. It is a reflection and analysis. The author is very much in control. This sit he story she wanted to tell. And she has done so with considerate skill. - from Amzon