Irma Barrientes Sherman

Dolores Queen of the Neighborhood Irma Barrientes Sherman

The author takes the reader through four generations of her family, beginning in the late 1800's. The family left Burgos, Spain and settled Burgos, Mexico in the state of Tamaulipas. Eventually, Dolores, the author's mother married and moved to the border in Brownsville, Texas. The reader will experience a fascinating "first-hand" account of Spanish Mexican culture as well as life along the border in South Texas. Irma Barrientes Sherman vividly brings to life her family's deep faith in Christ, their music, marriage customs, food, dress and folklore. The account focuses on her mother, Dolores from her birth in a small town in northern Mexico to marriage and raising a family of nine siblings in South Texas.