"En 1951, una misteriosa anciana confronta a Pilar Aguirre en La Cǐnaga, un pueblo fronterizo entre M̌xico y Texas. Convencida de que Pilar le rob̤ el marido, le arroja una maldici̤n que cae tambǐn sobre su familia. Medio siglo despǔs, Lul͠ Mųoz est̀ lidiando con una vida ca̤tica, sobre todo, con su inminente fiesta de quinceąos. Como si fuera poco, fallece su amada abuela. En el funeral, una desconocida glamourosa y solitaria aparece para cambiarle la vida. Rica en detalles cinem̀ticos --desde rodeos polvorientos, un concierto de Selena y el confort de las baladas que se tocan en las reuniones familiares-- este memorable debut nos enfrenta a dos poderosas voces femeninas: la de una mujer que debe reconciliarse con su pasado y la de una joven que se esfuerza por abrazar su futuro. Es, sobre todo, una carta de amor a la cultura tejana y a la importancia de la familia." -- Publisher's website. "In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguierre in the small boarder town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family. More than forty years later, Lulu Mųoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled father's moods, his rules, her secret life as singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming quinceąera. When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lulu finds herself drawn to the glamorous stranger who crashed the funeral and who lives alone and shunned on the edge of town. Their unexpected kinship picks at the secrets of Lulu's family's past. As the quinceąera looms--and we move between these two strong, irascible female voices--one woman must make peace with the past, and one girl pushes to embrace her future. Rich with cinematic details--from dusty rodeos to the excitement of a Selena concert and the comfort of conjunto ballads played at family gatherings--this memorable debut is a love letter to the Tejano culture and community that sustain both of these women as they discover what family means." -- Publisher's website.
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