00948cam a2200241 4500 545743982 TxAuBib 060914s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96052769 9780786861576 0786861576 (OCoLC)7881 DLC DLC CLE TxAuBib Benitez, Sandra, 1941- Bitter grounds / Sandra Benitez. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, 1997. 445 p. ; 24 cm. Bitter Grounds depicts the luxurious lives of the wealthy in Salvadoran society through the Contreras family, owners of a coffee plantation. Elena de Contreras travels to Europe with her daughter to select wardrobes, spends idle time at luncheons and teas with. Women Fiction History El Salvador. El Salvador Fiction History. Historical fiction.