Brownsville, Oscar Casares
Brownsville, Oscar Casares
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Brownsville
Stories

Author: Oscar Casares

Narrator: Luis Moreno

Unabridged: 4 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/11/2009

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories

Synopsis

Oscar Casares' debut collection of short stories was selected as an ALA Notable book and received tremendous praise from publications ranging from the New York Times and the Washington Post to Entertainment Weekly. These nine stories follow a collection of unforgettable characters trying to get by while living in the South Texas border town of Brownsville.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy

"Mrs. Perez" was a short story was about Lola Perez, a 68 year old widow who lives in Brownsville, Texas near the Mexican border. Mrs. Perez put her husband and daughters first for many years, and it is only now that she is widowed that she has developed a passion for bowling. She is quite good at i......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

Read for Texas Literature! These stories are so well written & capture snippets of the human experience so well! It’s been a while since I’ve hated characters as much as I did some of the ones in these stories lol. While each story hit different, there were a few that I couldn’t stop thinking about......more

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