What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican seaora in nineteen-thirties' 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, Newbery Award winning author Elizabeth Borton de Treviao 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. "The book is . . . charming; it flows along as a whole, yet any chapter is a complete incident in itself." "Christian Science Monitor "A thoroughly delightful memoir . . . written with grace and humor and admirable tact." "New York Herald Tribune

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