{"product_id":"sabrina-corina-stories","title":"Sabrina \u0026 Corina: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection--a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Here are stories that blaze like wildfires, with characters who made me laugh and broke my heart.\"--Sandra Cisneros\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - FINALIST FOR THE STORY PRIZE - FINALIST FOR THE PEN\/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kali Fajardo-Anstine's magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado--a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite--these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Sugar Babies,\" ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes. \"Any Further West\" follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California. In \"Tomi,\" a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood. And in the title story, \"Sabrina \u0026amp; Corina,\" a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSabrina \u0026amp; Corina\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Public Library - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eSabrina \u0026amp; Corina\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just good, it's masterful storytelling. Fajardo-Anstine is a fearless writer: her women are strong and scarred witnesses of the violations of their homelands, their culture, their bodies; her plots turn and surprise, unerring and organic in their comprehensiveness; her characters break your heart, but you keep on going because you know you are in the hands of a master. Her stories move through the heart of darkness and illuminate it with the soul of truth.\"\u003cb\u003e--Julia Alvarez, author of \u003ci\u003eHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] powerhouse debut . . . stylistically superb, with crisp dialogue and unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eSabrina \u0026amp; Corina\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an impressive new talent to American letters.\"\u003cb\u003e--Rigoberto González, NBC News\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Kali Fajardo-Anstine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52025381749037,"sku":"BS-8XD-511304","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780525511304-HD.jpg?v=1777303389","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sabrina-corina-stories","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}