Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories Activism & Social Justice "--Julia Alvarez

"--Julia Alvarez

Middle Spoon skewers the unspoken rules we still live by--from taboos around intimacy to the shortcomings of Oscar season

Before she can follow her own dreams

though loyal to her father

from drugs and AIDS

Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories Activism & Social Justice "--Julia AlvarezRosario Ferre uses family history as a metaphor for the class struggles and political evolution of Latin America and Puerto Rico in this highly provacative, profound, and delightfully readable collection of stories. Originally published in Spanish under the title Maldito Amor ("Cursed Love"), Sweet Diamond Dust introduced American readers to a voice that is by turns lyrical and wickedly satiric. In this tale the De La Valle family's secrets,