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Book SynopsisIn Fresno, California, the Molina family is living out the Chicano version of the American Dream. Father William works on an assembly line, wife Rachel stays home to care for the three children. But William is offered an exciting opportunity in the small town of Medford, Oregon and the family is transported to another world.
Trade Review"[A] memorable family portrait which demonstrates incredible insight into the dark side of fitting in."
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El Paso Times (#1 bestseller)
"and the shadows took him [is] full of electricity. There's wit here, and suspense, and something even more valuable: plain old wisdom....[O]ne of the most exciting novelistic debuts in a long, long time."
--Steve Yarbrough, author of
Oxygen Man and
Visible Spirits"The plot extends like a dead man's arm into a dysfunctional family's life."
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San Antonio Express-News