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  • I thought maybe with all those connections they’d send me to hide away in a beachfront bungalow in a small fishing village in Mexico, where I’d make nice with the local boys and learn the secret for great guacamole from my elderly neighbor, who would insist I call her abuelita.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • I thought maybe with all those connections they’d send me to hide away in a beachfront bungalow in a small fishing village in Mexico, where I’d make nice with the local boys and learn the secret for great guacamole from my elderly neighbor, who would insist I call her abuelita.

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • Lorena and your abuelita are at your house, and my mother is at mine.

    Alba 2009

  • Lorena and your abuelita are at your house, and my mother is at mine.

    Alba 2009

  • My abuelita was a Zooter in White Fence, and even she didn’t respect the Locos.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • My abuelita was a Zooter in White Fence, and even she didn’t respect the Locos.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • My abuelita was a Zooter in White Fence, and even she didn’t respect the Locos.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • My abuelita was a Zooter in White Fence, and even she didn’t respect the Locos.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • Another neighbor said Nidia Acosta would call all her elders on the block "abuelita" or

    El Paso Times Most Viewed 2009

  • She reminded Último of his abuelita in Mexico, and he often made the ranch his last stop of the evening so he had time to sit on her porch and listen to her stories.

    Alba 2009

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