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In a small town on the Mexican border live two brothers, Don Fidencio and Don Celestino. Stubborn and independent, they now must face the facts: they are old, and they have let a family argument stand between them for too long. Don Celestino's good-natured housekeeper encourages him to make amends--while he still can. They secretly liberate Don Fidencio from his nursing home and travel into Mexico to solve the mystery at the heart of their dispute: the family legend of their grandfather's kidnapping. As the unlikely trio travels, the brothers learn it's never too late for a new beginning.With…
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3 editions- Ebook · English · 2009Little, Brown and Company · 9780316053327
- Other · English · 2010Wheeler Pub. · 447 pages · 9781410423306
- Other · English · 2009Little, Brown and Co. · 9780316159692
BrothersNursing home patientsOlder menVoyages and travelsFictionMexican AmericansReminiscing in old age