Cantora, Sylvia López-Medina, 1992, United States, NOVEL
"...Ampora's probing curiosity about details of family stories that have been alluded to breaks into full song as histories are revealed. Ampora fondly remembers Grandmother Rosario's private altar, where she "would bless me in Spanish, chanting benedictions, filling the room with magic"; Aunt Pilar, who always treated Ampora with a special tenderness and was so different from the other relatives; the tension between her parents and her mother's unwavering defense of Ampora..."
"...Ampora's probing curiosity about details of family stories that have been alluded to breaks into full song as histories are revealed. Ampora fondly remembers Grandmother Rosario's private altar, where she "would bless me in Spanish, chanting benedictions, filling the room with magic"; Aunt Pilar, who always treated Ampora with a special tenderness and was so different from the other relatives; the tension between her parents and her mother's unwavering defense of Ampora..."
(H.S., p. 76)