In 1910, twelve-year-old Candelaria Rivera and her family flee across the Chihuahuan Desert to America to escape the rising violence of the Mexican Revolution.
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of the memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands, and coauthor of the veteran-acclaimed Unexpected Prisoner. Her writing has appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Manifest-Station, and Rivet. She was an award-winning television journalist in Alaska. She's a winner of The Moth StorySLAM and is featured in such storytelling shows as Stories from the Stage and Unheard L.A. She and her husband live in Ventura, California.
