In this second book from the city, I tell the story of Carpio Vega and Isabella Melendez. Born into a time of unconcealed racial intolerance and segregation, Carpio and Isabella get caught up in the social violence of 1940s America. In the barrio [neighborhood], with grief and bitter tears, la gente de la raza hispana [people of Hispanic race] mourn for the sons of machismo. Amidst the violence, bloodshed, and death, God's unconditional love reaches across all borders of human hatred with hope and healing for the brokenhearted.