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CanĂcula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera (95th Edition) by Norma Elia Cantú Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-8263-1828-2 / 0826318282 ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1828-2 / 9780826318282 Canícula--the dog days--a particularly intense part of the summer when most cotton is harvested in South Texas. In Norma Cantú's fictionalized memoir of Laredo in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, it also represents a time between childhood and an as yet unknown adulthood. Actual snapshots and the |