Ana Castillo

A pesar de su pierna torcida por la poliomielitis, Carmen "La Coja" Santos es una de las bailarinas de flamenco de mas renombre en Chicago. Se enamora ambos del director de la compañia de danza y de uno de los bailarines. A novel about a flamenco dancer in Chicago from her rise to fame despite a leg crippled by polio, to her descent as the polio returns. She falls in love with both the director of the dance company and with one of the dancers.