distance between us, has anyone compared to -- when i read it, i thought about "angela's ashes," frank mccourt's book. >> guest: yes. hector who writes the review for "the l.a. times" that's what he compared it to in the review. i was beyond honored to be in the same sans as "angela's ashes" because that's a wonderful book, and to say this is that of the mexican immigrant experience, i was just really thrilled. there are similarities, you know. i mean, we both talk about poverty, about the many -- about our relationships with our parents, with just struggling to overcome, you know, all of the obstacles, and being able to go above and beyond what we thought we ever could so there are many similarities, although, i think, you know, one of the best things about "angela's ashes" is that there's so much humor that balances all that depressing stuff he writing about, and i'm not very humorous unfortunately. i would love to write more humor in my work, but i write from a very deep place that has mostly pain and sadness, and that's where my writing comes from, and i was thinking, you know -- i was think