woostify domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/latestwordpress/lonestar.a1professionals.net_public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131Edinburg, Texas, writer Sylvia S\u00e1nchez Garza\u2019s Cascarones<\/em> is an entertaining, informative short novel best classified as a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story focused mostly on one character\u2019s formative years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FICTION Cascarones are colorfully decorated chicken eggs whose contents have been replaced with confetti or even small toys. In Mexican-American culture, cascarones are used in Easter egg hunts, and they symbolize not only the resurrection of Jesus but also spring, family togetherness, and good luck.<\/p>\n Edinburg, Texas, writer Sylvia S\u00e1nchez Garza\u2019s Cascarones<\/em> is an entertaining, informative short novel best classified as a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story focused mostly on one character\u2019s formative years.<\/p>\n Set in South Texas in the 1960s, 1970s, and present, Cascarones<\/em> is written for young-adult readers. However, older readers also can enjoy it and learn more about Mexican-American Easter traditions and family life, plus some of the impacts of racial discrimination.<\/p>\n In the book\u2019s flashback portions, Ms. Garza\u2019s main character, Suzy, is growing up within the protective shell of being among many relatives.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing part of a close-knit Mexican American, Rio Grande Valley family,\u201d Suzy recalls, \u201cmy brothers, sisters, and I grew up with the privilege of always being surrounded by loved ones regardless of where we were. Our fifty plus first cousins on Mommy\u2019s side, and almost thirty first cousins on Daddy\u2019s side were like brothers and sisters to us. All of the family celebrations included them.\u201d \u201cAll the cousins search for the coveted golden egg as if they were searching for \u2018The Holy Grail,\u2019\u201d Suzy explains. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what\u2019s inside of it; it\u2019s the principle. It\u2019s the fact that it is the \u2018Golden One.\u2019 Sometimes it takes hours to find, but no one gives up until it is found. Of course there is the silver, and the bronze as well, but the significance is of no comparison. The one who finds the impossibly, incredibly well hidden, golden egg is always the hero of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Suzy also recalls how cultural pressures and her mother\u2019s conservative Catholic beliefs sometimes clashed with Suzy\u2019s teenage efforts to forge and solidify her identity as a young woman.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Edinburg, Texas, writer Sylvia S\u00e1nchez Garza\u2019s Cascarones is an entertaining, informative short novel best classified as a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCascarones<\/em>
\nSylvia S\u00e1nchez Garza
\nFloricanto Press
\n(sc) 978-1-724-62288-4<\/p>\n
\nThe annual Easter scramble to find cascarones\u2014and the rowdy ritual of getting them cracked on your head\u2014stand out as important events as Suzy recalls past family gatherings and lessons learned about life and death.<\/p>\n