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Sabrina & Corina

By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection—a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands.

“Here are stories that blaze like wildfires, with characters who made me laugh and broke my heart.”—Sandra Cisneros

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE STORY PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION

Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado—a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite—these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force.

In “Sugar Babies,” ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes. “Any Further West” follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California. In “Tomi,” a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood. And in the title story, “Sabrina & Corina,” a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual.

Sabrina & Corina is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal

Audiobook Table of Contents:
Sugar Babies read by Almarie Guerra
Sabrina & Corina read by Roxana Ortega
Sisters read by Alma Cuervo
Remedies read by Ana Isabel
Julian Plaza read by Kyla Garcia
Galapago read by Marisol Ramirez
Cheesman Park read by Roxana Ortega
Tomi read by Kyla Garcia
Any Further West read by Marisol Ramirez
All Her Names read by Alma Cuervo
Ghost Sickness read by Roxana Ortega Anthologies & Short Stories Indigenous Creators United States Short Stories Latino American Anthologies Women's Fiction World Literature Inspiring

Editorial Review

Pure fiction, pure reality

You can tell when a story has been written with care, and each of Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s stories in Sabrina & Corina are as polished as they come. But not in the sense that they are distant from reality or superficial; more like they have been stripped of the unnecessary, out of necessity. This is fiction that is explicitly real, folklore as indisputable fact. These stories unearth skeletons, tragedies, and uncelebrated displays of strength, hanging them up to dry in the sun with the commonplace. In awe of their authenticity, I always appreciated that the matter-of-fact narration never got in the way, as if each performer knew there was no need for embellishment. I will say the short story format serves them well, if only to give the listener time to process each emotional impact. Because there is no way around it: this is heavy stuff. —Michael D., Audible Editor

Poetic Imagery • Well-written Stories • Relatable Content • Strong Women • Beautiful Collection

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I'm a white cracker transplant from California and live in Colorado. It was so wonderful to hear the stories from people who lived there long before me.

Just like home!

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Only through light can one see the shadows of struggle that haunt our humanity. I listened to one story each evening. Some were so powerful that they were incorporated into my dreams. Every story shed light on the tragic human experience. Especially the impoverished, marginalized, women and families of Latinas and indigenous peoples.
Perhaps, I am more sensitive to the stories today in 2020 then I might have been in previous years.
The writing is powerful and the readers voices provide an authentic tone.

Ying & Yang

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Some of the stories capture you, others take a bit longer to get into but are still great.

Unfortunately, for those who are looking for happy endings, they may feel incomplete at the end of some of these or just sad, but it is how it sometimes is in life-not all are happy endings.

Great stories

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I loved how descriptive the stories where and how you could feel all the emotions. Some stories ended suddenly which I wasn't a fan of. Overall great audio book.

Painted a great picture

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A beautiful, poignant collection of short stories. I look forward to reading more of Fajardo-Anstine's work.

wonderful

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