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Jan 12, 2015WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
When Lala and three carloads of her family caravan from Chicago to Mexico City, they step back into the robust cultural heritage she instinctively loves. Cisneros paints a remarkably detailed portrait of two evolving cultures interwoven like the unfinished striped shawl for which the novel is named.