The Bolero of Andi Rowe: Stories - Softcover

Plummer, Toni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810127679 ISBN 13: 9780810127678

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Winner of the Miguel Mármol Prize, this collection of inter-related stories delves into the life of Andi Rowe—a young woman of Mexican and Irish heritage—to give an intimate account of one family’s passage from the immigrant story to the American story, and the cycle of loss, adaptation, and rediscovery that is innate to that experience. Set largely in Los Angeles’s San Gabriel Valley, and crossing generations and borders, these stories focus on the quiet moments between explosions, where tension simmers just beneath the surface. From a Border Patrol agent whose own mother crossed the border illegally to a lonely woman seeking companionship with her hired day-laborer, characters seek revelation in the most ordinary of experiences, their actions filled with humor, longing, and honesty. In the tradition of Flannery O’Connor, Toni Margarita Plummer explores themes of grace and redemption as each story spirals toward a surprising but inevitable conclusion. The Bolero of Andi Rowe, an impressive work by an exciting new talent, offers a compassionate look at the struggle between meeting cultural expectations and seeking happiness, and the sacrifices and triumphs made along the way.

About this title

About the Author

TONI MARGARITA PLUMMER is a winner of the Miguel Mármol Prize for a first work of fiction by a Latino author. She attended the University of Notre Dame and the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. She is a fellow of the Macondo Foundation. After working in book publishing in New York City for a decade, she now freelance edits.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810127679
• ISBN 13: 9780810127678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128