Part one. The weight of words: The story of us : Eagle Pass, Texas, freshman year of high school -- Thorns -- Something's different -- Chismosa -- The talk -- The sacrifice. -- Part two. Remembering: Six years old, Pedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- The gift of words -- Uprooted -- En los estados unidos -- Sisters -- Bebés. -- Part three. Crossing borders: After the storm : summer after freshman year -- Elotes : Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, sophomore year -- Las telenovelas -- Drama -- Quinceañera -- Señorita To be or not to be Mexican -- Swimming the Rio Grande : San Vincente, Coahuila, Mexico -- The notebook -- On the way -- A moment in the spotlight. -- Part four. Give us this day: News : junior year -- Mami's roses -- The actress -- What's gone -- A simple plan -- Mother, may I : summer after junior year -- Making tortillas -- A mesquite in the rose garden -- Pomegranates, perch, and roasted doves -- Ice cream from heaven. -- Part five. Cut like a diamond: Mami's home : senior year -- Good-bye to Mexico : San Vincente, Coahuila, Mexico -- Apparition -- The natural -- At the hospital -- A night to remember -- Mi madre. -- Part six . Words on the wind: Poems from under the mesquite -- Changes : summer after senior year -- At abuelita's house : Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- Homecoming -- Permission -- The bus ticket -- In the parking lot : Alpine, Texas. -- Acknowledgments -- Names, Spanish words, and cultural references.
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