A religious married man falls head over heels for another woman. Obligations toward God and his American dream for his family prevail. But an event shatters his convictions and compels him to decide between both women.

Salvador abandons his seminary studies in Mexico to marry Rosa and settle in their hometown in Jalisco. In 1982—amid the Mexican diaspora in the US— when the enamored couple expects their first child, his shop goes bankrupt. The loss urges him to migrate to the US. He promises to reunite his wife and their child with him as soon as possible. Despite his foreseen language difficulties, foreign culture, discrimination, and injustices, he longs for a better future for his family and himself. But Salvador does not predict his major obstacle: On his way to an L station in Chicago, he witnesses an assault on Elisa, a coworker. He rushes to her aid and suffers life-threatening knife wounds. He falls in love with her. Family duties and obedience to God prompt him to leave Elisa and, as planned, bring Rosa and their child to the US. Salvador fights an uphill battle to forget the other woman. An unexpected occurrence rocks his marriage, religious faith, and American dream, forcing him to choose between Rosa and Elisa.

I wrote this novel’s first manuscript in 2003, registering it at the US copyright office on 10/12/2005. My late friend Gary Wang edited earlier versions of this book. So did Frederick Shaffer, a lecturer at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, who taught me Creative Writing. Sherwin Geiderman read it in 2005, and Francisco Aragon, Director, Letras Latinas, University of Notre Dame, in 2008. There were many changes, and in 2018, Ann Renee Jacobs reviewed and proofread a recent version. Finally, Hildi Goldstein edited the last manuscript. I have just finished a revision in preparation for my translation of this work to Spanish language.

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