A Woman's Story by Francine Rodriguez

A Woman's Story by Francine Rodriguez

“We love Rodriguez's honest, down to earth, totally unaffected style and her deep investment in her characters. The story, Smiley and the Laughing Girl, falls under the classification of 'dirty realism' (with a feminist slant) but in the end it resists any kind of definition. All we can call it is 'good writing'.”-Fleas On The Dog, Vol 7

“I read a chapter a night of A Woman’s Story by Francine Rodriguez after my husband has gone to bed until I finished the final chapter last night. I savored each and all of the chapters—stories of Latina women in difficult life circumstances because of their gender, family fragmentation, and domestic violence. The feelings of their loneliness, betrayal, and pain come alive. Rodriguez’ writing is direct and earnest, and the stories are so real that the reader gets the sense that the author truly knows what she is writing about.” Wondra Chang, author of Sonju

“Strong stories that are heartbreakingly honest and well written. A book I highly recommend!” Mandy Haynes, author of Walking the Wrong Way Home