The kitchen was the United States; the living room was Mexico...One side was struggling with all her might to make me an American boy, and the other side, with all of his might, was trying to keep me a Mexican boy. (Luis Alberto Urrea)

The kitchen was the United States; the living room was Mexico...One side was struggling with all her might to make me an American boy, and the other side, with all of his might, was trying to keep me a Mexican boy.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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