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A review by chelseamartinez
Night at the Fiestas: Stories by Kirstin Valdez Quade
5.0
I loved all of these stories. There is a very specific current of polite-woman-filling-with-rage-regret-and-circuitous-anger that runs through almost all of them; the way a lot of the characters respond/react/reflect their family and their surroundings is so close the way I experienced being out in the world when I was younger (and a majority of the protagonists in this collection are young Latinas). In particular, a specific way of feeling as though having awful thoughts or angry feelings make you disloyal, and a particular way that "lucky" (good or bad) events play out are so realistic, or at least match my specific non-realistic view of the world.
Favorites
1) Mojave Rats
2) The Five Wounds
3) The Guest House
4) Jubilee
5) Ordinary Sins
Favorites
1) Mojave Rats
2) The Five Wounds
3) The Guest House
4) Jubilee
5) Ordinary Sins