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Night of the radishes / Sandra Benítez.

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Description: viii, 276 pages; 22 cm
Summary: "Annie Rush is a thirty-four-year-old Minnesotan, married for twelve years to Sam, and mother of two boys. On the surface, she seems to be living every woman's dream: loyal husband, adorable sons, an interesting job. But a tragedy haunts her, making her restless when she should be content: Her identical twin sister died in a horrifying farm accident when the girls were nine years old. More family problems ensued, spurring her older brother, Hub, to leave home for good. Annie has had no contact with Hub for decades, but the death of their mother prompts her to finally seek her long-lost sibling." "Annie's search takes her far away from her family, to Oaxaca, Mexico, where the trail of her brother heats up. While there, she meets Joe, an engaging Berkeley professor, who is staying in the same inn. Oaxaca is vibrant with Christmas celebrations, as well as with the Night of the Radishes festival, a time when villagers carve tableaux from giant radishes they grow to enter in the yearly competition. In the midst of these colorful festivities, Annie must decide whether her love for her husband is great enough to resist Joe, and, ultimately, who was to blame for her sister's death."--BOOK JACKET.
ISBN: 0786864001
LCCN: 2002032830
OCLC: ocm50554538
Owning Institutions: Columbia University Libraries