books.google.com - Oscar Hijuelos vividly brings to life the joys, desires, and disappointment of American life witnessed through the experience of a formerly prosperous Cuban émigré named Lydia Espana--now a cleaning woman in New York. In magnetic prose, he juxtaposes Lydia's tale with the stories of her clients, contrasting...http://books.google.com/books/about/Empress_of_the_Splendid_Season.html?id=A1hgfy_Pz2QC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEmpress of the Splendid Season
