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Coachella
Sheila Ortiz Taylor
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Description for Coachella
This desert mystery novel, set in Palm Springs in 1983, is from one of Chicana literature's finest writers. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 245.
Its 1983 in Coachella Valley and Yolanda Ramrez, a lowly phlebotomist at the Palm Springs hospital, has a hunch. Gay men, hemophiliacs, and women scarred by cosmetic surgery are dying. Safe blood, like the water keeping this desert green, is a lie. In the nearby trailer, Isabel Ochoa Dreyfus disappears into a new identity: Marina Lomas. Somewhere in Iowa her businessman husband sits in the dark, staring at his drink, promising never to hit her again, if only he can track her down. Despite herself, Marina finds companionship at Mac and Gil's annual Casa Diva fashion show. As glamorous men ... Read more
Its 1983 in Coachella Valley and Yolanda Ramrez, a lowly phlebotomist at the Palm Springs hospital, has a hunch. Gay men, hemophiliacs, and women scarred by cosmetic surgery are dying. Safe blood, like the water keeping this desert green, is a lie. In the nearby trailer, Isabel Ochoa Dreyfus disappears into a new identity: Marina Lomas. Somewhere in Iowa her businessman husband sits in the dark, staring at his drink, promising never to hit her again, if only he can track her down. Despite herself, Marina finds companionship at Mac and Gil's annual Casa Diva fashion show. As glamorous men ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826318435
SKU
V9780826318435
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