To paraphrase Nathaniel Hawthorne, the American colonists weren’t so enchanted with their Utopian dreams that they failed to build prisons in their towns. They recognized the practical imperfection of perfect schemes.
Grief. Small town life. Moral struggles and life path dilemmas. All of these themes are woven into a tapestry that follows four unique characters in Who Do You Help? by Randy Knoewman.
Where the Pecan Trees Grow: An Immigrant’s Story is a compelling novel that should be read and discussed in every high school history classroom, and in every home. It is a story of contemporary America that is being lived every day in one form or another in every community…rural, town, or city.
The story spans over twenty years, beginning in Michoacán, Mexico, and concluding in California, close to the present time, chronicling the experiences of one immigrant and his family.