After making her home in California in the 1940s, her subject matter expanded to encompass contemporary Mexico in The Peacock Sheds His Tail (1945) and Californian agrarian life in The Cup and the Sword (1942) and The Cleft Rock (1948).
After settling in California in the 1940s, her subject matter broadened to cover modern Mexico in The Peacock Sheds His Tail (1945) and Californian rural life in The Cup and the Sword (1942) and The Cleft Rock (1948).