Gringa Apestosa - Stinky Gringa: A Memoir
Redlin, Patricia Magdalena Join Patricia - a thirteen-year-old girl - as she arrives with her family in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Wave goodbye with her and her abuelita (grandma) as her family is driven to the airport in Mexico City to return to their hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Start her first year of Mexican high school (secundaria) with her. Listen with her to Spanish but speak only English for several months, and then "burst out" in a miracle of Spanish f...