After their mother’s death, two siblings in a tourist town deal with depression and try to make enough money performing for the wealthy visitors to afford a plane ticket out while dealing with the ghosts of their ancestors.
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- The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse-by a group of children compels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with…
- Moving their family to what they believe will be a safer but temporary home in Houston, two young parents are forced to choose between an undocumented status in America and returning to the violence of war-torn Bogatá.
- Seven years after their matriarch Orquidea passed away, blessing them with her special gifts, the Montoya family journeys to Ecuador to uncover the truth behind their inheritance to stop a hidden figure from killing off Orquidea’s line one-by-one.
- A Key West native, a bride fleeing the Cuban Revolution and a Wall Street crash victim meet at a Great War veteran camp before one of the most powerful hurricanes in history indelibly changes their lives.
- A metaphorical tale depicts a complex and relatable world where connections with people from all walks of life engage in internet encounters that lead to unexpected love, transformative adventure and unimaginable terror.
- When she unearths a letter in a closet, Corina finds the memories of her days spent in Paris rushing back as she remembers her intense friendships with two women with whom she fell out of touch and out of mind.
- A short story collection of nightmares, dreams, desire and visions centered around the Chicana experience. Castro weaves urban legend, folklore, life experience and heartache in this intimate anthology of modern horrors.
- Darkly enchanting reimagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a spirited young woman discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.
- At the end of the 19th century, reporter Grace Harrington and a courier secretly working for Cuban revolutionaries in Havana free “The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba” who has been unjustly imprisoned — a mission that forces them all to fight for their…
- New and Selected Stories now brings together in English translation stories from across Rivera Garza’s career, drawing from three collections spanning over 30 years and including new writing not yet published in Spanish.
- In 1950s south Texas a farmworker, Milagros, from San Luis Potosi,Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacâihuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both…
- A collection of short stories that incorporate magic and strange worlds include the tales of suburban families that perform oblations to angels who live on their roofs and of flying children who must eat rocks to stay grounded.
- The epic story of Violeta Del Vallea, a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor will carry her through a lifetime of upheaval.
- Crashing the wedding of complete strangers who don’t belong together, Solange agrees to be the former groom’s pretend girlfriend to make up for her interference, and as they fake date for the benefit of his colleagues, they form an undeniable…
- Integrated into a predominantly white high school, an anxious young Black student and a half-Latina whose mother would have her pass as white join a bridge-building school play that shapes the trajectory of their adult lives.
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