About the Book

Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. "In a voice that is all at once hilarious and mischievous, searing and seething and sardonic, Lorraine Lopez presents, in her most necessary book to date, a celebration of the liberating power of bad behavior," writes Heather Sellers about HOMICIDE SURVIVORS PICNIC AND OTHER STORIES. Most of the stories are set in the South and focus around family relationships, by birth and choice, among characters from Latino and other backgrounds. Lydia, a childless linguist, takes care of her precious four-year-old niece while the mother faces jail. Social worker Rita rents the empty half of her duplex to her loser ex-husband, with disastrous results. And in the title story, teenager Ted winds up attending a homicide survivor's picnic with his sister, who is mourning her recently slain boyfriend whom Ted barely knew. "We are moved by her characters' difficult dilemmas without being traumatized," writes Lynn Pruett. And Manuel Munoz agrees, "All of the refined and subtle humor we've come to expect from Lopez.... A marvelous collection."

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 263 pages

Language: English

Publisher: BkMk Press of the University of Missouri-Kans

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 1886157723

Publication Date: Nov. 1st, 2009

ISBN-13: 9781886157729

Dimensions: 5.40 x 8.30 x 0.60 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.80 lbs

• Categories: Single Author Short Stories