I really enjoyed this book. She did such a wonderful job describing Peru and the complexity of her feelings being a "Latina" based on geographic reasons, and "Gringa" according to her ethnicity. I also found it interesting how she was perceived when in America. Reading this book also made me want to see Peru and all it's beauty.

In Gringa Latina we have a character that his not Peruvian or Hispanic because her family comes from Italy, when she leaves Peru and comes to the states she is a latina because she in not American, and so it goes that she is never fully at home in either culture or though we get a brilliant portrayal of her youth in the South American continent. Excellent book.

This book beautifuly describes the life of a woman embodying two different cultures.

This beautifully written novel deserves a wider audience. It has many things going for it: wonderful character development, a sweeping plot that captures you, and it's setting in several countries outside the United States just increases the appeal and flavor. It is worth your time. It deserves to be discovered by more readers!