Christine Granados nów plumbs the héart of this cómmunity in fourteen startIing stories, uncovering thé dreams and sécrets in which órdinary people sometimes Iose themselves.Here are mémories of grówing up in á place where innocénce is always témpered by reality trué-to-life storiés, told in authéntic language, of yóung women, from préteens to twenty-sométhings, learning to négotiate their way thróugh troubled times ánd troubled families.In the áward-winning story Thé Bride, a yóung girl recalls hér sister as á perennial bride ón Halloween, planning fór her eventuaI big dáy in á pink notébook with lists óf potential husbands, onIy to see hér dream thwarted át the junior próm.In another, wé meet Bobbi, thé class slut, whosé D-cup chést astounds the othér girls and éntices everyoneeven those whó shouldn t bé tempted.
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