Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia (year 2 reading books .txt) 📕

Pope, Andrea, Carlitos, Popito, Alejandra y todo el resto de mi familia. Tía Susie, abuelo Porfirio, y Chuchito, los extraño cada día.

Thank you, Yaneris and Zoila. Thank you, Domingo, Aasheekaa, Lala, Megan, Frank, and Kelvin. Thank you, Jake, for being a steady source of support through every single stage of this journey.

Thank you, Amanda, Tía, Allie, Diego, Ofe, Toty, and Lilia. Thank you, Dad, An, and Maya. Thank you, Frida. Gracias Abuelita por todo. THANK YOU, Mami, for everything.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

GABRIELA GARCIA is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and a Steinbeck Fellowship from San Jose State University. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Best American Poetry, Tin House, Zyzzyva, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. She received an M.F.A. in fiction from Purdue and lives in the Bay Area. Of Women and Salt is her first novel. You can sign up for email updates here.

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CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

DEDICATION

  1 — DANCE NOT BEYOND THE DISTANT MOUNTAIN

  2 — EVERYTHING IS HOLDING YOU NOW

  3 — AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIRDS

  4 — HARDER GIRL

  5 — FIND YOUR WAY HOME

  6 — PREY

  7 — PRIVILEGIO

  8 — THEY LIKE THE GRIMY

  9 — PEOPLE LIKE THAT

10 — THAT BOMBS WOULD RAIN

11 — OTHER GIRL

12 — MORE THAN WE THINK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

OF WOMEN AND SALT. Copyright © 2021 by Gabriela Garcia. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10271.

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First Edition: 2021