National Book Award for Fiction Best Book (nominee)
In this ingenious satire, Solita, the not quite ten-year-old daughter of refugees from Franco's Spain, is whisked from the urban ghetto of Galmeda to El Topaz, the lush hacienda of a wealthy eccentric, which her mother assures her will be paradise. But behind its beautiful facade, El Topaz is a quagmire of social subterfuge, from its politicking adults to its spiteful children, and Solita finds herself alone in a glittery world where "you couldn't trust anything. Or anybody. You had to navigate completely on your own."

Used availability for Elena Castedo's Paradise
Hardback Editions
August 1993 : USA Hardback
Title: Paradise
Author(s): Elena Castedo
ISBN: 0-517-11025-3 / 978-0-517-11025-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Availability: Amazon CA
February 1990 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
September 1995 : USA Paperback
December 1991 : USA Paperback
Kindle Editions
December 2007 : USA, Canada Kindle edition