![]() We travel from the Mexico City that was the "Paris of the New World" to the music-filled streets of Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties - and, finally, to Lala's own difficult adolescence in the not-quite-promised land of San Antonio, Texas."-BOOK JACKET. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Every year, Ceyala Lala Reyes' familyaunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brotherspacks up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. It is there, each year, that Lala hears her family's stories, separating the truth from the "healthy lies" that have ricocheted from one generation to the next. The novel opens with the Reyes' annual car trip - a caravan overflowing with children, laughter, and quarrels - from Chicago to "the other side": Mexico City. ![]() The striped caramelo rebozo is the most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family history it has come to represent, into Lala's possession. Caramelo Part 1 Summary & Analysis Part 1: Recuerdo de Acapulco Part 1, Introduction Summary The book opens with a brief introduction from Celaya Lala Reyes, the narrator and author of the story. ![]() "Lala Reyes' grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo, or shawl, makers. ![]() Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you. ![]()
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