Sabrina and Corina

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780525511304 Author(s): Kali Fajardo-Anstine Format: Paperback Illustrator: Manuel Gutierrez Language: English Year: 2020 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Pages: 240

Description: A haunting debut story collection on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands, centered on Latinas of indigenous descent that shines a new light on the American West.NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST . Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection-a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands.'Here are stories that blaze like wildfires, with characters who made me laugh and broke my heart.'-Sandra CisnerosWINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD . FINALIST FOR THE STORY PRIZE . FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTIONKali Fajardo-Anstine's magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado-a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite-these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives- with caution, grace, and quiet force.In 'Sugar Babies,' ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes. 'Any Further West' follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California. In 'Tomi,' a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood. And in the title story, 'Sabrina & Corina,' a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual.Sabrina & Corina is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.NAME