Rain of Gold
Rain of Gold is Victor Villaseñor's 1991 book, a national bestseller,[1] which tells the story of his own parents who were undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Two families escaping from the Mexican Revolution to the relative safety of the United States have parallel experiences centered on their mothers' strength. It is available in Spanish as Lluvia de Oro.[2]
Publication history[edit]
Villaseñor took twelve years to research the material for the book, but when the original publisher asked him to shorten it, change the title, and market it as fiction, he bought back the rights, using his mother's life savings and a new mortgage to do so.[4] He then sold the book to Arte Público Press, and the hardcover became a San Francisco Chronicle best seller.[5] The paperback rights were then bought by Bantam Doubleday Dell, and the book became a national bestseller and was published in seven other languages.[1]