Makina knows how to survive in a macho world. Leaving her native Mexico in search of her brother, she's smuggled into the USA bearing two secret messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld. In this grippingly original novel Herrera explores the actual and psychological crossings and translations people make.
A streetwise heroine travels from Mexico to the USA via the mythical and criminal underworlds, in the search for her brother. From a highly acclaimed Mexican author.