This tender tale shows that love can tie the loose ends together! For as long as Lesley could remember, she and her sister Evette spent their summers at Gram’s house. One day, the girls and their mother move away from their home in Los Angeles and in with Gram in Chicago. The move is great for the girls but challenging for their mother. In Love Is a Sacrifice, a mother is faced with the difficult decision of raising her children alone or passing the responsibility to her mother. This tough decision brings together a new level of love that results in a better life for everyone, especially the children. Having experienced the power of sacrifice in her own life and seen it in the lives her students, Mrs. Lesley Bracero depicts a story of how a mother’s choice can positively impact the lives of their children. Join in this journey of love, sacrifice, and commitment that carries a family through many life lessons.
This tender tale shows that love can tie the loose ends together! For as long as Lesley could remember, she and her sister Evette spent their summers at Gram’s house. One day, the girls and their mother move away from their home in Los Angeles and in with Gram in Chicago. The move is great for the girls but challenging for their mother. In Love Is a Sacrifice, a mother is faced with the difficult decision of raising her children alone or passing the responsibility to her mother. This tough decision brings together a new level of love that results in a better life for everyone, especially the children. Having experienced the power of sacrifice in her own life and seen it in the lives her students, Mrs. Lesley Bracero depicts a story of how a mother’s choice can positively impact the lives of their children. Join in this journey of love, sacrifice, and commitment that carries a family through many life lessons.
Perhaps no country's history is as fascinating and perplexing as that of Mexico. "Mother Mexico," land of paradox, of contradiction and extreme--these are the strands that Lesley Byrd Simpson weaves into a unified fabric in presenting the country's history. First published in 1941, Many Mexicos was awarded the Commonwealth Club Gold Medal for Literature. Travelers, students, and all who delight in the adventure of narrative history have since treasured the volume for its clarity and readability. Now, completely revised, the Silver Anniversary Edition reflects the vast published output of these past twenty-five years on the history of Mexico. Some chapters have been enlarged, others corrected. A map of Mexico showing political subdivisions is now included, and, in general, new material has been added to document the author's controversial statement (and there are many). Bloody conquests and revolutions; men, good or evil; art, religion, and institutions brought from Spain or made in Mexico; topography and climate; the conflict of cultures and races; and finally, the emergence of Mexico into today's bewildering world--this in broad outline is the absorbing story Mr. Simpson so warmly presents.
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