Whether your goal is complete self-sufficiency or maybe just canning your first jar of tomato sauce, this book can help you get there.

For fans of Urrea's last novel, The Hummingbird's Daughter, this new work will come as a welcome addition to the summer nightstand. In a Mexican town all but abandoned by its menfolk (most of whom have left to find work in the north), the heroine of this beautiful novel sets out to find seven Mexican men. Her goal: to smuggle them back into Mexico to protect the town from the drug gangsters who threaten it. Colorful characters and a truly unique take on the road story.