Marcela Fuentes

Set in a fictional Texas town on the U.S.– Mexico border, the memorable debut novel, Malas, links the stories of two women: Pilar a young wife and mother in the 1950s and Lulu a 14-year-old in 1994. Fuentes creates a vibrant portrait of these two strong women who are considered mala, bad and willful, by those around them. When Pilar crashes the funeral of young Lulu’s grandmother, Lulu’s curiosity about the glamorous stranger leads to their unlikely friendship.

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