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'Conquistadora' Paints Epic Tale of Love, Adventure in...

Clip: 8/24/2011 | 7m 4s

'Conquistadora' Paints Epic Tale of Love, Adventure in Puerto Rico

The new novel "Conquistadora" paints a picture of love and adventure as a young women travels from Spain to Puerto Rico where her husband has inherited a sugar plantation. Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Esmeralda Santiago about the epic story and her own tale of teaching herself to read and write again after a stroke.

08/24/2011

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