![]() I had many laughs and several moments of deep compassion. The nuances of the Mexican culture, habits, sayings, pursuits and lifestyle are resplendently described and lauded. Each story has a link to the others, even if remotely and unimportantly. Spanish phra Because I'm an American (gringa) now living in Baja, Mexico, I related to 90% of the stories told in this book. ![]() The families are all living in Southern California, and we are treated to some of the history of their efforts to arrive there. Jaime-Becerra also offers a complex depiction of Latino family culture and how today's Americanized youth struggles with it.moreīecause I'm an American (gringa) now living in Baja, Mexico, I related to 90% of the stories told in this book. Every character in this collection is beautifully rendered, and they range from teenage girls to aging men. Its stories are a "community" (an interesting trend among many minority writers in the United States), meaning that characters, settings, thoughts, and histories reoccurr in different stories, allowing certain stories to enhance others and giving the collection a cohesion resembling that of a novel while retaining the vital characteristics of short stories. Every character in this collection is beautifully rendered, and they range from teena GREAT set of short stories. ![]() I'm half convinced that he took real flesh and blood people and captured them in print. These aren't exciting stories where a lot happens with regards to plot or character arcs or much of that, and they aren't the kind of stories that guarantee you a happy ending, but after having read this book, I feel like Jaime-Becerra conjured up an entire community and a time and a place (or times & places) and invited me to step into their lives for a little while. These aren't exciting stories where a lot happens with regards to plot or character arcs or much of that, and they aren't the kind of stories that guarantee you a happy ending, but after having read this book, I feel like Jaime-Becerra conjured up an entire community and a time and a place (or times & places) a This collection of inter-related short stories set in the Los Angeles County city of El Monte (shoutout to the San Gabriel Valley!) during the mid-1980s is nothing short of extraordinary. ![]() This collection of inter-related short stories set in the Los Angeles County city of El Monte (shoutout to the San Gabriel Valley!) during the mid-1980s is nothing short of extraordinary. ![]()
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