A rich man is richer when he becomes poor than a poor man is rich when he becomes rich.
Mexican proverb
Someone please call Salma Hayek and Julie Taymor to turn this fantasy-like historical fiction book into a movie! I can really see this book as a wonderful movie that is part. "Frida Kahlo" and part, "Grapes of Wrath."
As described by the Amazon Customer Reviewer with the most "Likes" -- this movie is about a young girl and her mother who went from the privileged upper class to farm migrant workers in the doubly-cursed Depression Era and Dustbowl Days of the late 1920's / early 1930's.
I can see Ramona and Esperanza and alongside Henry Fonda's character in Grapes of Wrath. Poor is poor. Courage is courage.
It is a great book that gives a good history lesson about that period of time in our history. It brings up the plight of the Okies from Oklahoma who fled the Dustbowl, the migrants who worked hard for pennies a day and didn't even want to lose those pennies in workers' strikes for better wages and living conditions. The book touches on racism, deportation, and the determination to survive.
It is a great book about pride and determination. It is a great book about love and hope.
I am an adult and I LOVED this book. I think it would make a great movie. Salma? Julie? Where are you?
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