Bibliograph

How winter began, stories, Joy Castro

Type

Label

How winter began, stories, Joy Castro

Language

eng

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

How winter began

Oclc number

907650935

Responsibility statement

Joy Castro

Series statement

Flyover fiction

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Irene gives the wealthy businessmen what they want, diving headfirst into the filthy river, thinking only of providing for her baby daughter, Marisa, as the men salivate over her soaked body emerging onto the bank. A young boy tries to befriend the reticent younger sister of the town's cruelest bully, only to discover the family betrayal behind her quiet countenance. Josefa, a young bride, is executed for murdering the man who raped her. Joy Castro's How Winter Began traces these and other characters as they seek compassion from each other and themselves.Thematically linked by the lives of women, especially Latinas, and their experiences of poverty and violence in a white-dominated, wealth-obsessed culture, How Winter Began is a delicately wrought collection of stories. The question at the heart of this riveting book is how or whether to trust one another after the rupture of betrayal"--, Provided by publisher"Thematically linked stories regarding concerns for female experience, Latina experience, and the experiences of poverty and violence in a white-dominant, wealth-obsessed culture, How Winter Began is a collection of stories about betrayal and the questions of when and whether to love and trust one another after the rupture of betrayal"--, Provided by publisher

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