Night at the Fiestas: Stories - Kirstin Valdez Quade

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n nWith intensity and emotional precision, Kirstin Valdez Quades unforgettable stories plunge us into the fierce, troubled hearts of characters defined by the desire to escape the past or else to plumb its depths. The deadbeat father of a pregnant teenager tries to transform his life by playing the role of Jesus in a bloody penitential Passion. A young man discovers that his estranged father and a boa constrictor have been squatting in his grandmothers empty house. A lonely retiree new to Santa Fe becomes obsessed with her housekeeper. One girl attempts to uncover the mystery of her cousins violent past, while another young woman finds herself at an impasse when she is asked to hear her priests confession.n nAlways hopeful, these stories chart the passions and obligations of family life, exploring themes of race, class, and coming-of-age, as Quades characters protect, betray, wound, undermine, bolster, define, and, ultimately, save each other.n

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89.00 ^RON

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Brand: Kirstin Valdez Quade