Family history — real and imagined — merge together in novel ‘Candlelight Bridge’

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Cara Lopez Lee
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of “Candlelight Bridge,” a sweeping epic of two families that flee the Chinese and Mexican Revolutions of the early 1900s and find refuge in America.

Families are complicated -- and writing about family secrets even more so. In her new novel, "Candlelight Bridge," Cara Lopez Lee tells the story of clans living amidst the Chinese and Mexican revolutions of the early 1900s, who eventually come to America. Once there, actions are taken that reverberate through centuries. For Lopez Lee, it was a chance to explore her own sense of belonging and family identity.