The Illegal

About the Book

José and his wife Elmira have everything a young couple want in this world: love, a home and family, and good health to work and feed themselves. They believe God cares for them. Then Enrique the town bully decides he wants a wife and looks around for one. He looks on Elmira as the most beautiful woman in his community and goes after her.

Enrique sets in motion the fear that forces José to leave his beloved wife and children. He runs to the United States, the land of promise.

About the Author

Virginia Gayl Rodman Jefferson Salazar previously published “Gone” and “California Singles” with iUniverse. After marrying husband Joe R. Salazar, she decided it was time to place imprints of their life together in the novel “The Illegal.” He did landscape gardening when they met, and then together they set about having a tropical plant nursery in the Whittier, California, area. They worked in the nursery business more than 25 years. During her nursery years working six days a week with gardeners, landscapers and the general public, Spanish, Mexican, Japanese, and Caucasian, she heard many stories and tales.

Currently, Virginia continues leading a writing critique group at Parnell Park Activity Center in Whittier, Ca and is editing the memoir of her mother’s large and more than interesting family.