Into the beautiful north - luis alberto urrea

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who had journeyed to the U.

to find work.

Into the Beautiful North is the story of a young womans quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work.

Recently, it has dawned on her that he isnt the only man who has left town.

In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- theyve all gone north.

While watching The Magnificent Seven , Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own Siete Magnv?ficos -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over.

Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young womans quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.