International tax lawyer Luis Villalobos is lured to the tiny island of Cura ao by the promise of a fast track to the cusp of an already stellar career. But the paradise we expect is so rarely the paradise we find. 'The Miracle of Small Things' is a novel in stories, a portrait of the power of place in our definition of self. Author Guilie Castillo Oriard is a Mexican import herself who transferred to Cura ao "for six months"-and, twelve years and...