Rosarita

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER From “world-class writer” ( The Washington Post ) and three-time Booker finalist Anita Desai, an exquisitely written stunning exploration of love, place, memory, history, and the secrets between a mother and her daughter. Away from her home in India to study Spanish, Bonita sits on a bench in El Jardin de San Miguel, Mexico, basking in the park’s lush beauty, when she slowly becomes aware that she is being watched. An elderly woman approaches he