Acclaimed author Alex Espinoza, whose writing Lisa See has called fresh, magical, beautiful, and evocative, returns with a captivating, unforgettable novel set in Hollywoods Golden Age, as a gifted and determined young man leaves Mexicoand everything hes ever knownto follow his dreams.
Growing up in a rural village at the height of the Mexican Revolution, Diego León has many first loves: singing, dancing, and hearing the stories of his ancestors, the Purhépecha. But when tragedy strikes, young Diego is sent to the city to live with his aristocratic grandparents, who insist he forget his roots and groom him to take over the family business. Under pressure to enter a professionand a lifefor which he cares nothing, and haunted by the violence once again erupting all around him, Diego flees his war-torn country to forge his own destiny.
Diego arrives in Hollywood in 1927, when...