{"product_id":"dancing-with-butterflies-9781439109069","title":"Dancing with Butterflies","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDancing with Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e, Reyna Grande renders the Mexican immigrant experience in \"lyrical and sensual\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review) prose through the poignant stories of four women brought together through folklorico dance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDancing with Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e uses the alternating voices of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their Mexican heritage and a dance company called Alegr a. Yesenia, who founded Alegr a with her husband, Eduardo, sabotages her own efforts to remain a vital, vibrant woman when she travels back and forth across the Mexican border for cheap plastic surgery. Elena, grief-stricken by the death of her only child and the end of her marriage, finds herself falling dangerously in love with one of her underage students. Elena's sister, Adriana, wears the wounds of abandonment by a dysfunctional family and becomes unable to discern love from abuse. Soledad, the sweet-tempered illegal immigrant who designs costumes for Alegr a, finds herself stuck back in Mexico, where she returns to see her dying grandmother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReyna Grande has brought these fictional characters so convincingly to life that readers will imagine they know them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439109069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2009 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reyna Grande","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095630483637,"sku":"9781439109069","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_07846f83-74c0-4bff-a17a-f38e4b654bbd.jpg?v=1651588453","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dancing-with-butterflies-9781439109069","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}