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Reservoir Bitches
Reservoir Bitches: Stories | Dahlia de la Cerda
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A debut collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny stories about Mexican women who fight, skirt, cheat, cry, kill, and lie their way to survival. “Life’s a bitch. That’s why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she’s foaming at the mouth.” In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life and become her. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to endure, telling their own stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once a work of black humor and social critique, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico’s most thrilling new writers.
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Pitch dark interconnected stories of women's lives and violence in Mexico. Stories of violent women bleed into those about violence against women, revenge and rage intermingle with ironic teenage posing and sarcasm. Most of these stories work. There were some that I just wanted more from, to delve deeper, but sometimes the true weight of a story was felt as connections were made in later tales. The last few stories were, IMO, the strongest.

BarbaraBB Sounds good. I hope to get to it soon! 3d
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"There is no room of one's own when men think our bodies belong to them."

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"Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth."

BarbaraBB You‘ve got your hands on an #InternationalBooker book already! That‘s fast! I am interested in this one too. 5d
TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB I was pleasantly surprised to find three of the ones that most interested me were available on hoopla! 5d
BarbaraBB Looking forward to your thoughts on them! 4d
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Reservoir Bitches: Stories | Dahlia de la Cerda
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Happy #InternationalBooker Longlist Day!

Which have you read? Loved? Loathed? Which are going on your TBR? I won't be reading the whole list, but I'll check out what I can get through the library, starting with the tagged. I'm also looking forward to The Book of Disappearance and On a Woman's Madness, both of which I can get through hoopla.

#IntlBookerLonglist #IntlBooker25 #BooksinTranslation

TheBookHippie Tagged and I‘d rather read it in Spanish 😂 and On a Woman's Madness for sure. I‘ve read none. 6d
ChaoticMissAdventures As usual with this prize I have not read any. But I love that, it always takes me places I have not thought of. I had on my TBR and really want to get to
[tagged book]The Book of Disappearance: A Novel
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JacqMac I haven‘t read any. Yet. But the Bookers are always my favorite. 6d
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AnneCecilie I loved On the Calculation of Volume 1 and I‘m waiting eagerly for volume 6 6d
BarbaraBB I have only read On a Woman‘s Madness but there are so many on this list that have caught my eye! Very excited! 6d
TheKidUpstairs @TheBookHippie I started the tagged last night, and I'm about 2/3 through, it's a very quick read. There can be something so cathartic about reading stories about women who refuse to repress their rage and vengeance. 5d
TheKidUpstairs @ChaoticMissAdventures that one will probably be next for me after Reservoir Bitches, I was happy to find both on hoopla! 5d
TheKidUpstairs @JacqMac so far I'm finding this year's awards list very exciting (women's prize nonfiction, and this one), I hope the trend continues! 5d
TheKidUpstairs @AnneCecilie I didn't realize there were so many! I think only the first two are available on English so far, I'll have to check them out! 5d
TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB it's a very exciting year for awards lists so far, I hope the trend continues! Looking forward to next week's Women's Prize announcement! 5d
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