num_pages: 252
description: What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican señora in nineteen-thirties' provincial Monterrey? She finds herself—sometimes hilariously—coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. It is like stepping back a hundred years. In this vivid autobiography, Newbery Award winning author Elizabeth Borton de Treviño brings to life her experiences with the culture and the faith of a civilization so close to the United States, but rarely appreciated or understood. This book presents the humor and the insights of a remarkable woman and her contact with an era which is now past, but not to be forgotten.
language: English
title: My heart lies south: The story of my Mexican marriage, with epilogue
titlecomplete: My heart lies south: The story of my Mexican marriage, with epilogue
genres: Historical, History, School, Childrens, Autobiography, Memoir, Read For School, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 398
places: Monterrey, Mexico
series: Where My Heart is
publisher: Crowell