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When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam

Yara finds her carefully constructed world beginning to implode

Yara must reckon with the reality that the difficulties of the childhood she thought she left behind have very real—and damaging—implications not just on her own future but that of her daughters

An Embarrassment of Mangoes and rivalsAuthor: Vanderhoof, Ann Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide open sea . . . An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type A lifestyle behind and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean. Who hasnt fantasized about chucking the job, saying goodbye to the rat race, and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Canadians Ann Vanderhoof and her husband, Steve did