Publisher's Synopsis
In this collection of short fiction, M. A. Estevis takes the reader on a journey filled with love, disappointment, greed, and unexpected epiphanies. The mysterious Texas town of Tecolote provides a vacationing family with a life-altering experience. Everything is not always as it appears as Josefina Gonzalez abruptly learns in Neighborhood Punk. Roca Rosa Canyon Ladies Wednesday Night Poker Club takes the reader through a comical UFO escapade involving several bored and outspoken female teachers. After years of bitterness and disappointment, Hannah, in High School Reunion and Agripina, in The Proposal, receive sudden realizations that release them from years of false notions and unnecessary distress. Abra's frustration over her aging mother, Rose's feelings of rejection by her husband's abandonment, Buck's attraction to a young migrant woman, and Jessie's determination to keep something that isn't hers are all part of the human experience engagingly put forth by Estevis in her first book of short fiction. These stories promise to touch the life and heart of the reader.
