Review: Well done, author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2012
In reading Sweetwater American I felt transported to two very different worlds that shared a common bond of poverty and hardship: one of immigrants making their way in Washington D.C; the other of locals struggling to survive in their country of El Salvador. Author Eileen Cruz Coleman does a terrific job of weaving the story of novice film maker Sandy and her prime subject Elena, their lives seemingly different until they gradually become more and intertwined. Add to that a number of sub-stories within the main story, all of which make an overall plot so riveting I couldn't stop reading until I finished this remarkable novel.