Las madres : a novel

"A powerful novel of family, race, faith, and culture that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them. They refer to themselves as "las madres," a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters (las nenas), have created a family based as much on friendship as on blood ties. Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975 when fifteen-year-old Luz, the tallest girl in her danc...