The View from Casa Chepitos: A Journey Beyond the Border

The View from Casa Chepitos: A Journey Beyond the Border

On a ten-day visit to San Miguel de Allende, Judith Gille falls in loveâ€¦with a hot pink house on a rundown alleyway. Without consulting her husband or knowing how sheâ€™s going to pay for it, she makes the owners a full price offer.

Despite a bumpy start in the new culture, Gille and her family eventually befriend their neighbors on callejÃ³n de Chepito and form a close bond with the Cordova clan. As their affection for the lively Mexican family grows, so do the complications of their cross-cultural relationship. When the oldest daughter seeks to cross the border illegally, the lives of the two families become inextricably entwined.

The View from Casa Chepitos puts a human face on the immigration controversy and paints an intimate portrait of Mexican life. But the story also explores the deeper issues women of all ages and cultures face: affirming their self-worth and purpose, building enduring relationships, and discovering where it is they truly belong.

PRAISE FOR THE VIEW FROM CASA CHEPITOS

â€œJudith Gille offers a clear-eyed look at making a new life for oneself in another country. Setting her new existence against the one she left behind, she finds revelations at every turn.â€ â€“Tony Cohan, author of On Mexican Time and Mexican Days

â€œReminiscent of Frances Mayesâ€™ Under the Tuscan Sun, Judith Gille tells us in elegant and evocative prose, how a tourist becomes a traveler and how a place where we were once a stranger can become home.â€ â€“Mary Morris, author of Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone.

â€œWith humor and respect for a country sheâ€™s grown to love, Gille gives the reader a sorely-needed perspective on Americans in Mexico and Mexicans in America. Her deeper message of personal transformation and cultural understanding resonates on many levels.â€ â€“Barbara Sjoholm, author of The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels in Lapland
Country USA
Manufacturer Davis Bay Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Davis Bay Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-09-08
Format	Kindle eBook

The View from Casa Chepitos: A Journey Beyond the Border

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