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Every Night Is Ladies' Night: Stories
Every Night Is Ladies' Night: Stories
Every Night Is Ladies' Night: Stories
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Ten interconnected stories set in a blue-collar town that captures the essence of Latino life in Southern California.

With a cast of characters so vivid they seem to leap from the page, this collection of linked short stories offers a portrait of individuals aching to find their place in an indifferent world. The characters who inhabit these stories—teenagers, beauty queens, race car drivers, and even grandfathers—fall in love, strive to make ends meet, or search for answers to their future while reconciling the past. Michael Jaime-Becerra casts a warm glow on each of them.

Praise for Every Night Is Ladies’ Night

“A realistic, humorous, and poignant story collection by a strong new voice in fiction, a writer who observes with great skill, leading him to portray ordinary scenes in the ongoing human drama thoroughly and realistically. . . . Jaime-Becerra is a wonderful storyteller, and this collection is quite simply a joy to read.” —Booklist

“The writing is fluid, the details brisk and vivid as newcomer Jaime-Becerra reveals his characters without judging them harshly. Learn Spanish in richly affecting narratives from a strong new talent.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Release dateMar 17, 2009
ISBN9780061741791
Every Night Is Ladies' Night: Stories
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Michael Jaime-Becerra

Michael Jaime-Becerra grew up in El Monte, California, a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. He received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and currently teaches creative writing at University of California, Riverside. His short-story collection, Every Night Is Ladies’ Night, was named one of the best of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. It was awarded a California Book Award, the Silver Medal for a First Work of Fiction. Michael is a winner of an International Latino Book Award. He lives in El Monte, California.

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