At the country's edge, on the Mexican border, Brownsville, Texas, is a town like many others. It is a place where people work hard to create better lives for their children, where people bear grudges against their neighbors, where love...

ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR"A richly conceived and devastating book about the border." -Houston ChronicleFrom a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border have dangerous reputations, and Brownsville is no...