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Bakersfield, California, in the late 1950s is a dusty, quiet town too far from Los Angeles to share that city’s energy yet close enough to Hollywood to fill its citizens with the kinds of dreams they discover in the darkness of the movie theater. For Teresa, a young, aspiring singer who works... read more

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If you had been across the street, pretending to investigate the local summer roses outside Holliday's Flower Shop, you could have seen them through the café's plate glass, the two sitting in a booth by the window, eating lunch.

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Part 1: Chapters 1-7
Part 2: Chapters 8-9
Part 3: Chapters 10-12

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  1. Manuel Muñoz (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-56512-533-9
Page Count: 251

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Reading Level: Adults

References to sexual activities and violence


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