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Description
Serving a sentence in a prison in Mexico, Libertad González finds a clever way to pass the time with the weekly Library Club, reading to her fellow inmates from whatever books she can find in the prison’s meager supply. The story that emerges, though, has nothing to do with the words printed... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“Nothing goes to waste in Mexico.”
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“Not being able to read a character's words again was like losing a relative to a terminal disease.”
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“'Love is hard work,' said Maciza.”
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“This habit of my father's had turned into a relentless search for my mother in every woman he met. I was too young then to realize this, but now I understand how much he missed her. Or was it Sonia he missed?”
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“I thought of all those ladies working the lots. I knew they were sleeping with truckers, my own father being one of them. I'd seen them come out of a black Peterbilt and hop on a gray Freightliner while other trucks lined up behind them. I'd seen them come into the diners,their hair a mess and their lipstick smeared, and report to their lot daddy.”
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First Sentence
Bringing back to life all the people I killed is the one wish at the top of my list.
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- Mari?a Amparo Escando?n (Author)
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