| Aquaboogie Contributor(s): Straight, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571310584 ISBN-13: 9781571310583 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Straight writes with tenderness and insight about the lives of people from the Westside, a black neighborhood in a large southern California city--but it isn't the California everyone knows or thinks they know. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.65" W x 8.47" (0.61 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Full of defiance and tenderness, Aquaboogie chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of the residents of Rio Seco. In "Aquaboogie," art student Nacho finances his class out East by working as a janitor, subject to torment by his white coworkers. In "Back," elderly Pashion sleeps wrapped around the body of her dying husband L. C., all the while recalling their 49 years of marriage and thinking about the sleeping pills she has secreted away for when life becomes unbearable. In "The Box," Shawan carries her radio everywhere; since her best friend was gunned down, music is the only thing that can get her through the day. In these and other stories in this powerful collection, the author gives voice to those on the margins while demonstrating her great affection for her characters. |