Patricia Santana is the chair of the foreign languages department and a professor of Spanish at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, California. Her earlier book, Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility (UNM Press), received the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and was selected by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults.
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"Seasoned with salty dashes of Spanish and radiant with family warmth and affection, Santana's 1999 Chicano/Latino Literary Contest-winning first novel tells the tender coming-of-age tale of a young Chicana in 1969 San Diego. . . . Santana has her finger on the pulse of Mexican-American life in Southern California." "This proud Chicana has the strength and savvy to take all that life has to offer, and to make it her own. Following her journey is pure pleasure." "Edgy and interesting, this is a great first novel. Buy it!"