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Author
Publisher
Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Recently divorced, Palma, a forty-three-year-old Latina, takes stock of her life when she reconnects with her gangster younger cousin recently released from prison. Her sexual obsession with him flares as she checks out her other options, but their family secrets bring them together in unexpected ways. In this wildly entertaining and sexy novel, Castillo creates a memorable character with a flare for fashion, a longing for family, and a penchant...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Eva Santos Moon is a burgeoning Chicana artist who practices the ancient, spiritual ways of brujeraia and curanderisma, but she's at one of her lowest points-suffering from disorienting blackouts, creative stagnation, and a feeling of disconnect from hermagickal roots. When her husband, a beloved university professor and the glue that holds their family together, is taken into custody for the shocking murder of their friend, Eva doesn't know whom...
Author
Publisher
Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
The adolescent protagonist of the title story, like other girls in this pioneering collection, rebels against her father, refusing to go to Mass. Instead, dressed in her black Easter shoes and carrying her missal and veil, she goes to her abuelitas house. Her grandmother has always accepted her for who she is and has provided a safe refuge from the anger and violence at home.The eight haunting stories included in this collection explore the social,...
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