Dirty Girls on Top
Dirty Girls Series, Book 2
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نقد و بررسی
March 24, 2008
Valdes-Rodriguez introduced these caliente chicas
in 2003’s successful The Dirty Girls Social Club
. Now, five years later, the sucias
reunite at a New Mexico resort, and the passionate and provocative getaway signals more changes for the crew. Usnavys—a United Way executive, self-proclaimed plus-sized “manizer” and sex blogger—is married to sedate Juan, who cares for their daughter while Usnavys begins an affair. Lauren is a journalist and bulimic whose fiancé, a former drug dealer-turned music industry professional, has a little something secretly going on the side. Rebecca, a magazine publisher, has dreams of a baby with her husband, but they can’t conceive. Sara, a Latina Martha Stewart, is frightened and exhilarated by the reappearance of her abusive husband. Cuicatl, a wild Latina rock star, must face her feelings for her older manager, and a fickle public. And Elizabeth is slowly realizing her lesbian partner doesn’t want to parent their recently adopted son. Friendships are strengthened and threatened, and facets of each woman’s life crumbles while others blossom. The prose is fast and casual, and the plot moves at a fast clip.
July 15, 2008
It's been five years since Valdes Rodriguez first introduced readers to the women of the Dirty Girls Social Club (in her novel of the same name). Accordingly, these fascinating "sucias" (dirty girls), as they call themselvesAmber, Elizabeth, Lauren, Rebecca, Sara, and Usnavyshave, along with readers, aged five years. Friends since their student days at Boston University, they are as close as most siblings and meet every six months in Boston to update one another on what's happening in their lives. Weight problems, infertility, boring spouses, and alternative lifestyles are just a few of the issues their discussions center on. Valdes Rodriguez, who has been called the "The Latina Terry McMillan," has once again written an extraordinary and impressive book. Told in six unique voices, from six unique points of view, her follow-up has a universality about it that makes it, like her first book about the "sucias", an important addition to the fields of friendship novels and Latina literature and an excellent choice for fiction collections of all sizes.Shelley Mosley, Glendale Community Coll. Lib. Media Ctr., AZ
Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
May 1, 2008
In her debut, The Dirty Girls Social Club (2003), Valdes-Rodriguez introduced six feisty Latina friends, and the genre chica-lit was born. Now the sucias reunite five years later. Laurens low self-esteem has her dating cheaters and battling bulimia. Former playgirl Usnavys feels trapped as a wife and mother. Successful publisher Rebecca struggles with her failure to conceive. Elizabeth adapts to life as an adoptive parent with an unsupportive partner. Amber, now a rock star called Cuicatl, is seeing her popularity falter. Saras deranged ex-husband, Roberto, has returned just as shes begun dating. Each woman is so preoccupied, it takes a near tragedy to bring them together. Valdes-Rodriguez has matured with her characters, relying less on steamy sex and brand-name-dropping and more on emotional development. Balancing six story lines is challenging, but her fans will be satisfied with the resolution in this interesting sequel.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)
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