María Amparo Escandón Books in Order

Convinced her missing daughter can be found, a devout Mexican widow follows a trail through Tijuana’s brothels and Los Angeles. Her search tests her religious faith and transforms her understanding of independence, desire and the world beyond her village.

Imprisoned in Mexico, Libertad entertains fellow inmates with stories supposedly read from library books. Her tales reveal a fugitive professor and his daughter living on American highways, gradually exposing the relationships and choices that brought her behind bars.

A Los Angeles patriarch’s obsession with weather conceals a costly secret while his wife considers leaving their marriage. Their three adult daughters face crises of their own, forcing the Mexican American family to confront betrayal, intimacy and its future together.