TY - BOOK AU - Ana Castillo TI - Peel My Love Like an Onion SN - 9780385496773 AV - PS3553.A8135 U1 - 813.54 PB - Anchor KW - Humor; Adult Relationships N2 - The seductive world of flamenco forms the backdrop for a classic tale of independence found, lost, and reclaimed. Like Bizet's legendary gypsy, Carmen "La Coja" (The Cripple) Santos is hilarious, passionate, triumphant, and mesmerizing. A renowned flamenco dancer in Chicago despite the legacy of childhood polio, Carmen has long enjoyed an affair with Agustn̕, the married director of her troupe--a romance that's now growing stale. When she begins a new, passionate liaison with Manolo, Agustn̕'s grandson and a dancer of natural genius, an angry rivalry is sparked. Carmen finally makes her way back to happiness in this funny, fiery story that's equal parts soap opera, tragicomedy, and rhapsody ER -