Books by Denise Chavez and Complete Book Reviews
Denise Chavez, Author Vintage Books USA $14 (352p) ISBN 978-0-375-72765-8
In love with Lucio, a married man who won't love her back, Tere Avila, a 30-something Chicana and secretary of the local Pedro Infante Fan Club, escapes into the world of long deceased Mexican movie star Infante. As her covert relationship with ...
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Denise Chavez, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $23 (467p) ISBN 978-0-374-15204-8
Employing a variety of techniques-unattributed dialogue, stories within stories, passages from term papers and a waitressing manual-Chavez's accomplished first novel weaves the interlocking histories of the Dosamantes clan and the fictional New...
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Denise Chavez, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $24 (272p) ISBN 978-0-374-19411-6
Ch vez's latest (after Face of an Angel) est de aquella it's a terrific novel full of abuelita wisdom and raunchy cantina wit. Trapped in Cabritoville, N.Mex., and in love with Lucio, a married man who refuses to commit, 30-something Tere Avila is...
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