 complicated and funny and wicked and glamorous that's how i think of when i think of the woman i met in miami and that's what i think of when i think of my mom so i wanted to create a character that that embodied that that's deep sense of dignity i know you are in a constant war with cliche but one of the big changes has taken place since your last book came out is that you've got a green card is that a i'm a citizen now