What happens when a thoroughly twentieth century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican senora in 1930 s provincial Monterrey She finds herself sometimes hilariously coping with servants daily food allowances bargaining and dramatic Latin emotions It is like stepping back a hundred years In this vivid autobiography Newberry Award winning author Elizabeth Borton de Trevino brings to life her experiences with the culture and the faith of a civilization so close to the United States but rarely appreciated or understood This special young people s edition presents the humor and the insights of a remarkable woman and her contact with an era which is now past but not to be forgotten