House of Houses - Bluestreak Author:Pat Mora House of Houses is Pat Mora's dreamy reconception of the Day of the Dead. Rather than just a few hours, we experience a year in an imaginary home, redolent with the tastes, smells, sounds, and stories of Mora's Southwestern childhood, where the dead walk and talk among the living. — "[A] richly sensual family memoir. . . . A feast. Pat Mora is an... more » eloquent bearer of the old truth that it is through the senses that we appreciate love."
—Janet Perry, The Washington Post Book World« less