Growing up with a kind but alcoholic father and a suspicious, passive-aggressive mother, the Bernal sisters each developed their own way of coping: Dulcina had her art and drugs and alcohol, Claudia plunged into her studies and fled to...
Hispanic American women
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Author:Candela, MargoSummary: - Author:Castro, V.Summary:
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this "utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood" (...
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence....
- Author:Fajardo-Anstine, KaliSummary:
Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection--a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands. Kali Fajardo-...
- Author:Johnson, Chantal V.Summary:
To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story, but privately she contends with the aftershocks of her bad childhood. A family reunion prompts her to change her life in new and terrifying ways.
- Author:Vasquez-Lavado, SilviaSummary:
"In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us...
- Author:Fragoza, CarribeanSummary:
In visceral, embodied prose, Fragoza's imperfect characters are drawn with a sympathetic tenderness as they struggle against circumstances and conditions designed to defeat them. A young woman returns home from college, only to...
- Author:Mesa, DesideriaSummary:
Boardwalk Empire meets The Vanishing Half with a touch of earth magic in this sexy and action-packed historical fantasy set in the luminous Golden Twenties from debut author Desideria Mesa, where a part-time reporter and club owner...
- Author:Herrera, AdrianaSummary:
Paris, 1889. Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire, sailed for Paris to build her business and her future. She wasn't prepared to find love.
