('CARAMELO is one of those books that is hard to put down. ... a richly funny account of family life in postwar America. But it is in writing about Mexico ... that she excels. ... Cisneros conjures a time, place and mood unforgettably' The Times 'CARAMELO is enchanting, soulful, sophisticated and skeptical, full of great one-liners ... it is one of those novels that blithely leap across the border between literary and popular fiction' New York Times Book Review)