Carlos E Cortés
Author
Language
English
Description
A Jewish Mexican American author chronicles his family's tumultuous, decades-long spars over religion, class, and culture in this candid, inspiring memoir.
The son of a Mexican Catholic father with aristocratic roots and a mother of Eastern European Jewish descent, Carlos E. Cortés grew up wedged between cultures. He grew up "straddling borders, balancing loves and loyalties, and trying to fit into a world that wasn't quite ready." His request...