Dancing with Butterflies : A Novel (Paperback)

from GarySeverance

Reyna Grande has written an autobiographical novel in which she reveals her personal and family history through four very different characters. The Hispanic women, living in Los Angeles, have a common focal point, Folklorico, but have divergent interests and goals. Folklorico is traditional Mexic...

from voracious

As with her debut novel, Across a Hundred Mountains, Reyna Grande unveils another passionate novel with strong Latina characters, all of whom share a deep love for Folklorico dancing. Each of the women struggles with loss and personal failures while turning to eachother for support. This novel st...

from GarySeverance

Reyna Grande has written an autobiographical novel in which she reveals her personal and family history through four very different characters. The Hispanic women, living in Los Angeles, have a common focal point, Folklorico, but have divergent interests and goals. Folklorico is traditional Mexic...

from billsearth

I was looking at this book primarily for the dance culture standpoint but I found it to be instead about people, young and old, making bad choices, and about immigration. The dancing is just a setting for the constant foolish actions of all but three of the characters, and only one of those wise ...

from GarySeverance

Reyna Grande has written an autobiographical novel in which she reveals her personal and family history through four very different characters. The Hispanic women, living in Los Angeles, have a common focal point, Folklorico, but have divergent interests and goals. Folklorico is traditional Mexic...