There is no rose without thorns.

“Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked…”

“I also had a father, who had loved for a long time without being nearby. How ma…”

“The words he had written wiggled off the page and escaped from the drawer. The …”

“Esperanza leaned around the side of the truck. As they rounded a curve, it appe…”