Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan:

After rushing from Chicago to Mexico City to say goodbye to her dying grandmother, Rosa discovers documents revealing a family secret: her father is not actually the son of the man Rosa grew up knowing as her grandfather. This discovery sets Rosa on a quest to understand the early life of her grandmother, Amanda Diaz.

Amanda grows up in Mérida, Yucatan during the years of the Mexican Revolution, as the country struggles to throw off centuries of repression of indigenous people by their maste...