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Don Jbilo, born with a smile on his face, was blessed at birth with almost supernatural hearing and an instinctive understanding of all kinds of communication, from an insect's faint rustle to the sweet sighs of a woman in love. He used his gift to become the peacemaker in his family, slyly mistranslating between his Spanish-speaking grandmother doa Jesusa, and his Mayan-speaking grandmother doa Itzel, who argue incessantly because the grandmother is angry her son married a non-Mayan, and doa Itzel is determined that Jbilo grow up connected to his heritage. Though the two women may say cruel things to each other, Jbilo gives each woman what she needs to hear, a skill he hones as a little boy that serves him well when he becomes a telegraph operator in adulthood.
Hardcover. English. Publisher: DoubleDay. 2001. 230 pp. Fair/good with dw, name inside. Book No: 5557
