Homicide Survivors Picnic: stories

Homicide Survivors Picnic: stories
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Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. "In a voice that is all at once hilarious and mischievous, searing and seething and sardonic, Lorraine Lopez presents, in her most necessary book to date, a celebration of the liberating power of bad behavior," writes Heather Sellers about HOMICIDE SURVIVORS PICNIC AND OTHER STORIES. Most of the stories are set in the South and focus around family relationships, by birth and choice, among characters from Latino and other backgrounds. Lydia, a childless linguist, takes care of her precious four-year-old niece while the mother faces jail. Social worker Rita rents the empty half of her duplex to her loser ex-husband, with disastrous results. And in the title story, teenager Ted winds up attending a homicide survivor's picnic with his sister, who is mourning her recently slain boyfriend whom Ted barely knew. "We are moved by her characters' difficult dilemmas without being traumatized," writes Lynn Pruett. And Manuel Munoz agrees, "All of the refined and subtle humor we've come to expect from Lopez.... A marvelous collection."
Country USA
Brand University of Arkansas Press
Manufacturer BKMK Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781886157729
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Arkansas Press
Manufacturer	BKMK Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781886157729
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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